Challenges – Homéopathie: Boiron facing the non-refund policy

Christophe Pouchoy, Managing Director and Managing Director of Trecento Asset Management, co-manager of the Trecento Santé fund, commented on the derogation of homeopathy envisaged by the High Authority of Health in the columns of Challenges magazine. “Consumers are not going to be totally diverted from these products which, if they are ultimately considered ineffective, are…

Challenges – Labs war

Christophe Pouchoy, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Trecento Asset Management, co-manager of the Trecento Santé fund, answered Challenges magazine’s questions about big pharmas’ appetite for the oncology market and its growth prospects, as evidenced by recent acquisitions (Celgene, Loxo Oncology …) for several billions of dollars. Christophe Pouchoy traced the evolutions of the…

AF2i – Why investing today in the healthcare sector?

The managers of the Trecento Santé fund, Alice Lhabouz and Christophe Pouchoy, explain in AF2i’s quarterly letter why the healthcare sector is an attractive stock market theme. “These catalysts enable the health sector to grow by 5% to 6% a year on average, when global economic growth is barely exceeding 3.5%.” In the short and…

Challenges – Homeopathy: Do labs ring the alarm for nothing?

While the High Authority for Health (HAS) should give an opinion on the merits of the reimbursement of homeopathic medicines in June, industry players launched Wednesday a campaign to defend homeopathy. For Christophe Pouchoy, co-manager of the Trecento Santé fund, a possible derogation would not put an industry in good health on the ground today.…

Challenges – Novartis injecting itself a strong dose of innovation

Christophe Pouchoy, Managing Director and Managing Director of Trecento Asset Management, co-manager of the Trecento Santé fund, commented on the transformation of Novartis and in particular its business model in Challenges magazine. “Vas Narasimhan understood that it was necessary to accelerate the transformation, and too bad if it (…)” Read the article by clicking here…

Pharmaceutiques – M&A, the race for opportunities

Christophe Pouchoy, Managing Director and Managing Director of Trecento Asset Management, co-manager of the Trecento Santé fund, answered questions from the Pharmaceutiques magazine about the recent acquisitions and some reconciliations of big pharma and major biotech companies. “Because, before buying a company, the laboratories study the expected sales multiples over the coming years and the…

Challenges – With the flu, homeopathy is doing well

Christophe Pouchoy, Managing Director and Managing Director of Trecento Asset Management, analyzed the boom in homeopathy in the Challenges magazine. “With 24% of turnover in 2017 for promotional expenses – and less than 1% for research expenses – Boiron has the (…)” Read the article by clicking here (available in French only)