Science, ethics and industry The RU 486 affair

• Édouard SAKIZ
  President, Supervisory board, Roussel Uclaf
  

Summary

The discovery of RU 486, which terminates pregnancy, was an exceptional scientific and medical event, but became the subject of an enormous ethical debate, and even prompted the revival of the argument about abortion. The correct method for marketing this drug has still not been found, but Édouard Sakiz, who has always assumed entire responsability for this project, continues, against all odds, to work towards the development of this compound.

Summary translated from French by Rachel MARLIN.

• The entire article was written by Lucien CLAES.

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The entire article appears in French in the Journal de l'École de Paris du management N° 6.