FRANCE GOVERNMENT AND PHARMA INDUSTRY PLEDGE INVESTMENT
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE'S government and pharmaceutical industry have jointly promised to increase private and public spending on medical research and development by 10% over the next three years. Health and industry ministers Xavier Bertrand and François Loos pledged action following a meeting of the country's Strategic Health Industries Council. The French industry recently received a dedicated tax break.
FRANCE'S government and pharmaceutical industry have jointly promised to increase private and public spending on medical research and development by 10% over the next three years. Health and industry ministers Xavier Bertrand and François Loos pledged action following a meeting of the country's Strategic Health Industries Council. The French industry recently received a dedicated tax break.
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