Benoît Hébert
Vice-President
Business Development and Licensing
Pediapharm
Canada
Biography
Benoît Hébert has been the Vice‑President, Business Development and Licensing of Pediapharm since September 2009. Mr. Hébert has more than 20 years of industry experience and has a rare‑blend of scientific expertise and business skills. Focusing on pharmaceutical business transactions since 2000, he worked at Axcan Pharma Inc. from July 2003 to November 2006. Mr. Hébert has lead international licensing transactions, participated actively in product acquisitions, managed international product development alliances and global supplier relationship. Mr. Hébert holds an MBA in Management of Bio‑industries from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Mr. Hébert also received a M.Sc. in Immunology and a Ph.D. in Virology from the Institut Armand‑Frappier. Before returning to Canada in 2000, he was a NSERC postdoctoral fellow in structural biology at Purdue University. He is past‑president and a director of the Canadian Healthcare Licensing Association (CHLA).
Research Interest
Pharmaceutical Business Development and Licensing
