De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés is home to a highly experienced healthcare and life sciences team, whose cross-practice approach draws on the firm’s wider strengths in IP, IT, data protection, competition, and AI to advise clients across the biopharmaceutical, animal health, pharmaceutical, digital tech and medtech sectors. The practice is co-headed by experienced practitioners Jean-Marie Job, Cécile Théard-Jallu and Francine Le Péchon-Joubert. Job is a reference for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients regarding regulatory compliance, market access and contractual matters. Théard-Jallu is well versed in complex R&D and consortium contractual transactions, while Le Péchon-Joubert specialises in defending trademark portfolios.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Strong expertise in the health and life sciences sector.’
- ‘The most unique and impressive feature of De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés's healthcare and life sciences practice is its close cross-disciplinary collaboration between relevant teams, such as the regulatory, transactional, IP and data teams.’
- ‘My contact at the firm is Cécile Théard-Jallu. She has a very detail-oriented and attentive character. I value it very much.’
- ‘A highly responsive team demonstrating strong flexibility and attentiveness to the challenges faced by their clients in the healthcare and life sciences sector.’
Key clients
- Alliance digitale maladiecoronavirus.fr
- Bouchara Recordati
- CEGEDIM
- CFAO Healthcare
- CIP
- Echosens
- Genopole
- Genoway
- Gilead Sciences
- Hyperion
- Institute For Smart Health
- SoFIA -Santé
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Practice head
Jean-Marie Job; Cécile Théard-Jallu; Francine Le Péchon-Joubert


