“
Is there anything more precious to humans than health
?
"
, Questioned Socrates.
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed
health
at the heart of the concerns of the French.
In October 2020, during its last Big Bang Health,
Le Figaro
plunged into this unprecedented crisis, with the ambition to provide reflections, analyzes and clarifications on an epidemic that has destabilized our societies to their very foundations. .
And now ?
Over time, new questions have arisen.
During three mornings
from November 30 to December 2
, punctuated by debates, reports, interviews, and through testimonies from
researchers, ministers, doctors, entrepreneurs
...
Le Figaro will
shed light on the upheavals in the world of health .
Big Bang of Scientific Research
Edith Heard
will open
the first part
of this Big Bang Health devoted to
scientific research
. The geneticist and director of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), at the origin of decisive discoveries in epigenetic sciences, will provide valuable insight and avenues for improving scientific research.
France's delay in developing a vaccine against Covid-19 has indeed highlighted the weakening of
research
and the deficiencies of our
health industries.
Many researchers have sounded the alarm for many years. Chronic insufficiency of investments, brain drain, crisis in the university system, time-consuming administrative tasks ... So many causes at the origin of this French disease.
Frédéric Collet
, president of Leem, the pharmaceutical industries union,
Rafaèle Tordjman
, PhD and founder of the health investment fund Jeito Capital as well as
Clarisse Angelier
, general delegate of the National Association for Research and Technology, will provide their answers during a debate on research.
Big Bang of old age
The second Big Bang addresses old
age
. In 2030, those over 65 will outnumber those under 15. This phenomenon raises questions. How to finance the care of the elderly and the loss of autonomy? Will governments finally succeed in adopting a “dependency law” that meets the challenges? What technological innovations will allow aging well at home? Health, well-being, financing ... how to meet the challenges of old age?
Luc Broussy
, president of the Silver economy sector, will discuss these issues alongside, among others,
Stéphane Junique
, president of the Vyv group.
During this morning,
Le Figaro will
present an immersive report at the Institute of Memory and Alzheimer's Disease, in Paris.
In conclusion of this Big Bang, the philosopher and novelist
Pascal Bruckner
, for whom,
“the brevity of our existence”
makes it
“its price and its flavor”
, enlightened us on the question: what is it to age well?
Vaccine big bang
The third morning will be dedicated to vaccination.
Stéphane Bancel
, CEO of Moderna, will take stock of the deployment of his vaccine - half a billion doses - developed in record time, one year after the first injections. How far will vaccination be required and what place will messenger RNA occupy? Experts will debate the place and future of the vaccine in healthcare, alongside
Alain Fischer
, the chairman of the steering committee for the vaccine strategy against Covid-19.
During these mornings,
Le Figaro will
offer
live
debates
,
reports
from all over France - Bordeaux, Nantes, Toulouse, Paris - and meetings with
innovative
French start-ups
to discover this
new world
of health full of promise. !
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