Tony Zbeidy
Orphan-Europe, France
Biography
Tony Zbeidy is a globe trotter French-Lebanese national and a US Graduate Medical Doctor who initially studied in Lebanon and obtained a BS in Biology. He travelled to US, obtained an MD and moved to UK training and working in Romford, Harold Wood and Basildon Hospitals. In 2001, he moved to France and joined Sanofi (Aventis at that time) as Medical Information Officer; in 2003, joined Orphan-Europe as Medical Advisor and 3 years later, established Orphan-Europe FZ LLC subsidiary in Dubai Healthcare City in 2006 as GM MENA, representing 1/3rd of Orphan-Europe total turnover in 2015 and growing. He has a distinguished achievement, having established alone the Middle East Metabolic Group (MEMG) and is organizing its annual meeting since 2004. In 2011, major pharma companies acting in the field of rare disorders such as Genzyme, Biomarin, Nutricia, Merck-Serono, SOBI, Nestle, Synageva, etc, joined in and in 2015, it represented 250 selected metabolic and genetic specialists from the MENA region.
Abstract
Abstract : The Middle East: A mine for orphan drugs development