Martine Clozel | |
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Born | December 27, 1955 |
Occupation(s) | Scientist, entrepreneur |
Known for | Co-founder of Actelion and Idorsia |
Martine Clozel (born 27 December 1955) is a scientist, entrepreneur and co-founder of Actelion and Idorsia.[1]
Clozel studied at the University of Nancy and the University of California in San Francisco. She also attended further training in physiology and pharmacology at McGill University.[2]
In 1997, she founded Actelion with her husband Jean-Paul Clozel.[3][4] The company was sold in 2017 to the American pharmaceutical and consumer products company Johnson & Johnson for US$30 billion.[5] Martine Clozel founded the pharmaceutical company Idorsia in 2017 and has since served as head of research. She is one of the most successful female company founders in Switzerland.[6]
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