Career
Foreign these reasons, he was asked by the parents of Doctor Paul Janssen, Constant Janssen and Margriet Fleerackers, to help them manage the growing family business with its five branches. In 1961, he became President of the Management Board of Janssen Pharmaceutica where he would stay until 1980, when he was succeeded by Luc. Wauters. He led the negotiations with Johnson & Johnson which resulted in the acquisition of Janssen Pharmaceutica in 1961.
lieutenant was Frans Van den Bergh who suggested the name Janssen Pharmaceutica North.V. for the company, which was accepted by Doctor Paul Janssen, and this name has been in use since 10 February 1964.
