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AbbVie Appoints New General Manager in U.K.

Maidenhead, UK, 19 June, 2017 – AbbVie, a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced Jerome Bouyer has been named General Manager, AbbVie U.K. This change will be effective July 1, 2017.

Jerome Bouyer joined Abbott/AbbVie in 2012 as General Manager, Belgium. In July 2014, he was promoted to his most recent position as General Manager, France. Before joining AbbVie, Jerome worked at Novartis where he held several positions including Head of Business Operations & Strategic Planning for Region Europe in Basel; Head of Marketing & Specialty Products in Belgium; Specialty Business Unit Head in France; and Chief Marketing Officer for China, based in Shanghai. Prior to Novartis, he worked for seven years in consulting, mainly for McKinsey & Co as Senior Engagement Manager in the health care sector. He has also worked for Atmedica as Project Manager, and first started his career with Bristol-Myers Squibb as Market Analyst. Jerome obtained a PharmD from the Pharmacy University of Châtenay-Malabry, Paris, in 1995, and holds a Master of Business Administration from ESSEC Business School, obtained in 1997

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Date of preparation: June 2017

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Topics

  • Diseases

About AbbVie

AbbVie is a global, research-driven biopharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative advanced therapies for some of the world’s most complex and critical conditions. The company’s mission is to use its expertise, dedicated people and unique approach to innovation to markedly improve treatments across four primary therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, virology and neuroscience. In more than 75 countries, AbbVie employees are working every day to advance health solutions for people around the world. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.co.uk. Follow us on twitter: @abbvieuk.

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