Nicolas Py

Nicolas PY, Director, Head of Market Intelligence & Group Strategic Committee Facilitator, Debiopharm International S.A. Nicolas PY has 18 years of experience in Competitive and Market Intelligence in various settings. He started his career as an analyst at a consulting company specialized in Competitive Intelligence (Paris and Strasbourg, France), providing business advice for several industrial firms. Nicolas then joined the Business Development department of Transgene (Strasbourg, France), a publicly-traded biopharmaceutical company focused on designing and developing targeted immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases.

He later became Competitive Intelligence Analyst at Air Liquide (Paris, France), the world leader in gases, technologies and services for industry and health (65’000 employees, 80 countries), providing technological watch and strategic support for R&D and marketing operations worldwide.

Nicolas is head of Market and Competitive Intelligence at Debiopharm Group (Lausanne, Switzerland), an independently-funded biopharmaceutical development company focused on in-licensing, development and out-licensing of small molecules and biologics. He has implemented the MI/CI Department (6 people), which helps strategic decision making at executive and board level, identifies key business opportunities, provides operational support and continuously monitors the competitive and business environment.

Nicolas is member of the US and Swiss Societies of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP, SCIA). His background education includes a MSc in biology and molecular genetics, a “Diplôme d’Ingénieur” (Master’s Degree) in life sciences with a specialization in applied biochemistry, and a Master’s Degree in Marketing and Management.