Sanofi exec joins Grunenthal as CSO

30 April 2018

Grünenthal has announced that Philip Just Larsen is to join the company chief scientific officer (CSO) and member of the corporate executive board. He will assume leadership of the family-owned German drugmaker’s R&D organization on July 1, 2018

Currently, Dr Larsen – a Danish national - holds the role of global head of diabetes research and translational medicine and CSO at French pharma major Sanofi’s (Euronext: SAN) German Hub in Frankfurt.

Dr Larsen is a senior leader with extensive experience in drug discovery and development including successful transition into the clinic. He is a medical doctor trained in internal medicine and neurology, has been awarded a PhD in neuroscience/endocrinology and held international management positions in R&D at Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.

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