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Mr. Jacques Gauthier of Town of Mount-Royal, Quebec, Canada, has served on the board of directors of Axcan Pharma Inc. since December 1995.
He has held various senior management positions, both in Canada and abroad, with Upjohn Laboratories Inc. and Upjohn International Inc. (now part of Pfizer Inc.). From 1966 to 1971 he was president and chief executive officer of the Upjohn Company of Canada. From 1971 to 1979 he was president and chief executive officer of Upjohn France and vice president of the European Division of Upjohn. From 1979 to 1984, he was group vice president and director of Upjohn International in the United States. In 1984, Mr. Gauthier joined Bio-Méga / Boehringer Ingelheim Research Inc. as president and general manager until 1995 and served as chairman of the board of directors until 1996.
Mr. Gauthier is currently an advisor to management of the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM) and serves on the board of directors of the Foundation of the IRCM. He is also associate governor of the board of governors of the University of Montreal and serves on the boards of a variety of medical and pharmaceutical associations. | 