Dr. Pierre-Louis Lezotre specializes in global regulatory strategy, and is recognized for his passion and expertiseon international cooperation, convergence, and harmonization of regulations for pharmaceuticaland biotechnology products. He has worked in different cultural environments and lived inboth Europe and the United States.Dr. Lezotre studied biology (University of Sciences, Saint-Etienne, France)and drug development (University of Pharmacy, Montpellier, France) from1992 to 1998. He then received his Master in Regulatory Sciences in 1999 (Universityof Pharmacy, Lille, France). He also recently completed his PhD in Law with honors (DoctoralSchool of "Law, Politics and Management, University of Law, Lille, France).Since 1998, Dr. Lezotre has worked for several international pharmaceutical and biotechnologycompanies, with increasing levels of responsibility. He has served as a regional andthen global regulatory leader for small molecule and biologic/biotech programs in variousstages of research and development (from early discovery to life cycle management). Hesuccessfully led many global regulatory teams in supporting global registrations of majorproducts and numerous development projects in several therapeutic areas, includingdermatology, urology, neurology, and pain. He has been responsible for communicationswith worldwide Drug Regulatory Authorities and has also worked with external partners/companies through co-development agreements and business development programs.Dr. Lezotre has recently been invited to teach courses on international regulation in theRegulatory Sciences programs of the University of Southern California (USC).