The current president of the HAS has been appointed to occupy the post of Minister of Solidarity and Health.
Surprise! Intended to fulfill the function of Minister of Health of the new government, Olivier Véran and Arnaud Robinet will not ultimately be part of the game. It is Agnès Buzyn who was appointed to head the “Ministry of Solidarity and Health”, as the new leader of this government, Edouard Philippe, chose to call her. A tailor-made name for a healthcare professional renowned for her humanism and devotion to patients.
Agnès Buzyn, 53, was until now the head of the College of the Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS), a health authority responsible for evaluating medical practices and drugs in France. Before that, she has headed INCa (National Cancer Institute) since May 2011. She notably implemented the 3rd Cancer Plan 2014-2019 focused on the fight against loss of luck in the face of disease and worked to make accessible to the more new cancer therapies.
Clinician, researcher and leader
Former intern at the Hospitals of Paris, Agnès Buzyn spent most of her career as a hematologist clinician at Necker Hospital, where she headed the Intensive Care Unit for Adult Hematology and Marrow Transplant from 1992 to 2011. She was appointed University Professor in 2004 and taught hematology and immunology of tumors and transplantation at Paris-Descartes University, as well as at Pierre-et-Marie Curie (Paris VI).
Within State agencies, she served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) from 2008 to 2013, and was a member of the Atomic Energy Committee , from 2009 to 2015.
His extensive work in the fields of bone marrow transplantation, acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has resulted in more than 150 original publications in international scientific journals.
At INCa, Agnès Buzyn distinguished herself in her fights against smoking, for the “right to be forgotten” of patients, against the relaxation of the Evin law. At HAS, it has enabled patients to join health authorities by opening them up to patient associations. It focuses its priority on disease prevention and primary care.
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