Michel Démarchez
154, chemin de St Michel
06620 Le Bar sur Loup France
Tel. +33 4 93 09 42 33
Mobile : 06 76 15 31 14
e-mail: michel.demarchez@hotmail.fr
French
Born on 08/26/1953
married, 3 children
Professional experience
“30 years in R&D in Dermatology, 23 years in Pharmaceutical Research,
15 years in R&D Management, 15 years in Project Management,
10 years in Alliance Management and Product Opportunity Identification”
Creator of the Website biologiedelapeau.fr
May 2010-today
At a young Start Up named Immunosearch, Grasse, France
Director of projects and studies
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June 2007 –October 2008
Contribute to the settlement of the Start up
Develop, coordinate and manage scientific (genomic, software development for genomic analysis)
and clinical projects inside industrial and academic consortiums. Manage internal studies
---------------------------------------------------------------------At Galderma (700Millions €, 2400 resources)
Project Manager /Deputy Head of Research
February 2001-December 2005
More focused on the identification of new product opportunities from external Research
 Prescreening: identify, evaluate and select product opportunities from the group partners including,
Nestlé, L’Oréal, Synthelabo, and Alcon or from external companies (Big Pharma, Biotech companies,
and Academic Institutions) :  43 product opportunities evaluated, 35 companies met in 2005
 Preliminary analysis: in collaboration with the Business Development, establish and coordinate the
interactions between the different functions necessary for the management of the transactions,
including, Research & Development, Industrial Property, Legal, and Finance:  8 products analyzed
in 2005
 Full assessment: coordinate the Research project transfer in Development: dossier building,
presentation and follow up:  3 proposals transferred for a full assessment in 2005
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1993-February 2001
Managed the human resource (1993/ 17 scientists => 2001/80 scientists), the budget, the 3/5 years
planning
Managed the Research projects and their transfers in Development: dossier building, presentation and
follow up till phase II
Managed the interface with Nestlé, L’Oréal, Synthelabo, and Alcon. Identify collaboration
opportunities and negotiate their fruitful development
Senior scientist (Department of Clinical Research)
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1988-1992
Managed a group working on immuno-dermatology and a group in charge of the support and control
of scientific and technical fields, including histology, immunohistology and electron microscopy.
---------------------------------------------------------------------Junior scientist (Department of Clinical Research)
1987-1988
Subject: Immunological aspects of the cutaneous inflammation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Junior scientist. (Department of Cell Biology)
1982-1987
Doctorat d’état” entitled : “Regeneration of human skin transplanted onto the nude mouse”
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------At the University of Stanford, California, (USA)
Post-doc: Subject: role of proteoglycans in skin morphogenesis
1981-1982
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Education
University
USMG*
Subject
Mathematics and
Physics
Animal Biology
Dates
1971-1973
Université Claude
1973-1977
Bernard Lyon, France
USMG
Cellular Biology
1977-1978
USMG
Cellular Biology
1978-1981
USMG
Science
1982-1987
* USMG = Université Scientifique et Médicale de Grenoble
Degree
DUES
Maitrise
DEA
Doctorat de 3ème cycle
Doctorat d’état
Summer 1978 : visits of several research laboratories in USA and Canada
Summer 1979 : Course of Embryology and Molecular Biology at the Marine Biology (MBL), Woods Hole
(MA, USA)
1995 : Professional Education : CEDEP (Fontainebleau) : « Efficient Management »: Finance, marketing,
negotiation, project management.
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Others skills and Interests
Computer skills: Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet
Foreign language : English, French (mother tongue).
Hobbies : Travels, gardening, and family.