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Alain Beck

Alain Beck PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Saint-julien-en-genevois, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France

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Alain Beck completed a BS in Biochemistry and a PhD in Bio-organic Chemistry at the University of Strasbourg (France, 1989). He then went to McGill University, Montreal, as a Post-doc (1989-90). Back in France, he became the first employee of MEDAFOR, a start-up company involved in the discovery and development of natural products and small drugs (Alzheimer’s disease).

From 1990 to 1993, Beck was in charge of the set-up & management of a chemistry unit (medicinal and analytical chemistry, PK/PD, radioprotection). He then joined Pierre Fabre Medicament in 1994 at the Center of Immunology Pierre Fabre, an integrated biotech R and D institute focused on Therapeutic Antibodies (mAbs) and Vaccines. He first held the position of Head of Analytical Research and QC. In 1995, Beck became head of the Physical-Chemistry Department and a member of CIPF’s board of Directors.
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