Paul, Baron Stoffels (born 8 March 1962 in

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) is a

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MD, who studied medicine at the

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and the

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(UA). In addition he studied Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at the

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. He is Chief Scientific Officier, Worldwide Chairman of Janssen pharmaceuticals and he is a member of the Johnson & Johnson Executive Committee.

Career

Stoffels worked for four years as a physician and researcher of

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and tropical diseases in

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, where he met

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. In 1991 he returned to Belgium and became the Head of Development for the HIV compounds at

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. In 1993 he was promoted to Director of Clinical Research and Development for Infectious Diseases and Dermatology. In 1997 he left Janssen Pharmaceuticals and together with Rudi Pauwels co-founded the biotech companies

Tibotec Tibotec was a pharmaceutical company with a focus on research and development for the treatment of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C. The company was founded in 1994 and then acquired by Johnson & Johnson and merged into its Jan ...

and Virco. When

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acquired Tibotec-Virco in April 2002, he became Company Group Chairman of the Global Virology Franchise at Johnson & Johnson and Chairman of

. Stoffels was the Chief Scientific Officer at Johnson & Johnson, and is responsible for the safety of all products of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies worldwide as well as leading teams across different sectors (CNS, pain, infectious disease, metabolism, cardiovascular disease, and primary care) to set the companywide innovation agenda. In 2020 he received the Louis Pasteur Leadership Award in Public Health''.'' On 12 October 2021 it was announced that Stoffels would be stepping down from his role as Chief Scientific Officer at Johnson & Johnson and into retirement, effective 31 December 2021. A successor was not named. On January 26, 2022, it was announced that Stoffels would be appointed CEO of the bio-tech company Galapagos, effectively ending his announced retirement.

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Paul Stoffels - Johnson & Johnson

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Alumnus of 2005
(UA)
Johnson & Johnson website
1962 births Living people Belgian pharmacologists Flemish physicians University of Antwerp alumni People from Turnhout Janssen Pharmaceutica people {{Belgium-scientist-stub

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