POXEL SA announced that Christophe Arbet-Engels, MD, PhD, MBA, has joined Poxel and will serve in a senior leadership role as Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President (EVP) Late Development & Medical Affairs. Dr. Arbet-Engels will be based in Poxel’s Boston area office. Most recently, he was Vice President, Worldwide Medical, Collaborative Medical Sciences at Biogen. Prior to Biogen, Dr. Arbet-Engels worked in senior leadership positions in clinical development and medical affairs, in global or local roles, at pharmaceutical and biotech companies, including Boehringer Ingelheim, Roche, Merck, Aventis (now Sanofi) and Ligand Pharmaceuticals. In addition, Dr. Arbet-Engels served as a Medical Advisor to MedNest, provided expertise to the Gerson Lehrman Group, and worked as French Foreign Trade Advisor for the French Government to advise and support French or other startup companies develop their business in the U.S.