De Chaffoy De Courcelles

Biography

Didier holds a bachelor in Chemistry from the Catholic University of Leuven and a master and Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Antwerp.He has a broad knowledge in R&D and in strategic innovation with extensive experience managing and directing R&D groups from a Board level position for over 10 years.Professor de Chaffoy de Courcelles’ expertise in leadership and strategy has been built over a 25-year career in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology sector with a very successful progressive career at Janssen Pharmaceutica and Johnson and Johnson (J&J).He started his career as a researcher under the leadership of Dr. Paul Janssen and published as a key author over 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals.Didier has been the Senior Vice President Research and Early Development in Europe for J&J Pharmaceutical R&D. He was site head for R&D at the former Janssen Pharmaceutica site in Belgium and in charge of research teams in the US, Germany, France, and Spain. Didier headed different major restructuring and organizational changes. He designed and implemented novel strategies to improve the success rate in R&D including the integration of non-clinical, clinical, regulatory and health economics expertise early on in the R&D process.Didier holds the Chair of Pharmacology at the Faculty of Medicine at the Hasselt University and runs a consultancy office in support of research institutes and SME’s in the Pharma and Biotechnology sector.

Research Interest

Biochemistry