Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> November 22, 1999

Jacques Boisvert – Technilab Pharma (tab.to)

JACQUES BOISVERT has nearly 40 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, both nationally and internationally. He started his career as a medical representative with Ayerst Laboratories and worked his way through sales and marketing to his first presidency with Squibb Canada in 1979. He also led ICN and Sterling Winthrop Inc., as President of their Canadian operation. Internationally, he was President of Squibb Pacific with management responsibilities extending to 11 countries and also as President of Sanofi where his major goal was to ensure the successful alliance of these two companies around the world. Adding to his extensive experience in the innovator pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Boisvert also spent four years as General Manager of Novopharm Quebec leading the number one generic company in this province. In December 1998, he was appointed President and CEO of Technilab Pharma. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a brief overview, and a little bit of the

history of Technilab, just to set the stage for the readers.

Mr. Taillefer (V.P.): Technilab was founded in 1974. So we