1997 - 1998 tjente han som folkesundhedsrådgiver i den franske sundhedsministers kabinet, indtil han blev udnævnt til generalsekretær for det franske Agence du Médicament i 1998.
He served in the Cabinet of the French Secretary of State for health as public health adviser from 1997 to 1998, before being nominated as Secretary-General of the French Agence du Médicament in 1998.