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Alexander Eggermont’s directorship of Institut Gustave Roussy extended by 5 years

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ALEXANDER EGGERMONT, general director of Institut Gustave Roussy since 2010, has had his appointment as head of the institute renewed by the French minister of health for another five years. The institute is one of the largest health centers in Europe dedicated to oncology. The past five years has seen a large investment program at...

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