How do you feel about the opportunities for career progression within Servier?
I would say better than anywhere else in our industry. All but one of our 1st and 2nd line Sales Managers, all of our Training and Development team and most of our Product Managers started out as Medical Representatives with Servier. Every company talks about promotion from within, but you can see that Servier’s track record on this is excellent. In the current industry environment, what would you say makes Servier stand out? A real focus on people, but also on products. In an industry where mergers and acquisitions are commonplace, often to bridge gaps in product pipelines, Servier has just launched two genuine innovations and is preparing to launch another in the next 18 months. This is because Servier is an independent foundation, so not beholden to shareholders, and can reinvest 25% of turnover back into R&D. It is challenging to launch new products into the UK market but tremendously rewarding to realise you are meeting currently unmet patient needs. What advice would you give to
