Alain Merieux

Alain Mérieux is a French businessman, Chairman of Institut Mérieux. 

  • Alain Merieux is chairman of Institut Merieux, a medicine and public health conglomerate specializing in diagnostics, immunotherapy and nutrition.
  • Alain’s grandfather, Marcel Merieux, founded the institute in 1897.
  • Alain founded BioMerieux, one of the firm’s publicly traded arms, which specializes in diagnostic tests for infectious diseases such as tuberculosis.
  • The firm’s other publicly-traded subsidiary, Transgene, develops vaccines to combat infectious diseases.
  • Alain’s third son Alexandre, who shares the fortune, was named CEO of BioMerieux in 2014.

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