Islam Hassan, Global Head of Development (Neuro-Oncology) at Servier Pharmaceuticals, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“There are moments in one’s life when words simply fall short. Not Molière, not Shakespeare, Saramago, Faulkner or Arthur Miller could put into meaningful writing how it truly felt.
Just hearing the announcement that we had won the Prix Galien for rare and orphan drugs, life stopped for a second. You could hear your own breath in a crowded hall, your heart racing as your mind filled with images: a father who now has the chance to enjoy another field trip with his daughter, a graduate tossing their cap in the air after finishing their dream degree, a mother in tears as she waves back at her child who is graduating high school.
“Breakthrough” is a wonderful word, but it only earns its meaning from the lives it can preserve.
You look around and you are surrounded by colleagues who have all contributed to this breakthrough, who kept you focused and helped you navigate both the good and the difficult times. You see the eyes of your leadership, the leadership that had the vision to give you the room and the freedom to act, while setting only one non-negotiable rule: “to the patients, for the patients, with the patients.”
Together we serve, together we deliver. To the true champions, to the true winners, this award goes to you: today for our patients with IDH mutant glioma, tomorrow for them again, and in the future for all patients with brain tumors.”
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