Didier R.G.G. de Chaffoy de Courcelles (born 19 November 1952, in

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scientist and businessman. He was senior vice president of Drug Discovery Europe, and

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(J&JPRD), a division of

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, Belgium), until 2008 when he left the company.

Education

Didier de Chaffoy de Courcelles went to highschool at the ''Broeders van Liefde'' in

. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the

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, Belgium). He obtained a Master of Science and a PhD of Science (D.Sc.), as well as an accreditation for teaching and research at academic institutions (G.U.O.,

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), from the

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, Belgium).

Career

He joined the Janssen Research Foundation in 1981, where he became ''Director of Biochemistry'', ''Senior Director of Pharmacology'', ''Vice President of Biological Research'', and ''Senior Vice President of Discovery Research'' until 2008. In addition, he was a member of the J&JPRD Board ( Raritan,

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, United States), the board of directors of Janssen Pharmaceutica (Beerse, Belgium) and the

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Foundation (

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, United Kingdom). In 2009 he founded his own company ''Oto Therapeutics'' and started teaching at

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