Nicolas Lévy, MD, PhD
Chief scientist rare diseases
Nicolas Lévy, MD, PhD, is a clinician and Professor of Human and Medical Genetics, who has been committed to patients affected with rare diseases for over 30 years. Before joining Servier, Nicolas Lévy was Head of the department of Medical Genetics (Timone Hospital – Marseille, France) and Head of the Marseille Medical Genetics Research Center. He also founded the Rare Diseases Foundation and promoted “academic-industrial” partnerships to accelerate therapeutic innovations. Nicolas Lévy has also founded several start-up biotech companies, illustrating his passion for drug discovery and his desire to transform his academic research into medicines. Throughout his career to date, Nicolas Lévy has actively promoted strong connections between patients, diagnosis and research, towards the development of innovative drugs with therapeutic impact in rare and ultra-rare diseases with unmet medical needs. (From Press release, 6 May 2022)
