Joos Horsten (1942–2008) was a
Belgian
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businessman. He founded ''Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical'', the Sino-Belgian joint venture of
Janssen Pharmaceutica
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (formerly Janssen Pharmaceuticals) is a Belgian pharmaceutical company headquartered in Beerse, Belgium, and wholly owned by Johnson & Johnson. It was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen.
In 1961, Janssen Ph ...
, a Flemish pharmaceutical company in Belgium.
Career
For almost 25 years, he was responsible for chemical manufacturing and international production at
Janssen Pharmaceutica
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine (formerly Janssen Pharmaceuticals) is a Belgian pharmaceutical company headquartered in Beerse, Belgium, and wholly owned by Johnson & Johnson. It was founded in 1953 by Paul Janssen.
In 1961, Janssen Ph ...
, and together with Chinese partners, he established Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical. After the opening of China in 1978, their first factory was set up by Joos Horsten in
Hanzhong
Hanzhong ( zh, s= , t= , l=middle of the Han River (Hubei), Han River; abbreviation: Han) is a prefecture-level city in Southern Shaanxi, the southwest of Shaanxi, Shaanxi province, China, bordering the provinces of Sichuan to the south and Gans ...
, after which a second and larger factory followed in
Xi'an
Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...
.
From 1992 to 1997, he continued his career at
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, a Belgian chemical and pharmaceutical multinational, as Vice-President Technical Affairs, and in 1997 established his own company, as a consultant to Chinese pharmaceutical companies. His contacts led to other companies doing business in China: Xian Thiebaut Pharmaceutical Packaging Co, and Xian Flanders Innovation Services (XFIS).
In 2002, he became chairman for the soccer club
K.V. Turnhout, restoring it to financial stability, renegotiating debts, from the construction of a new sports stadium.
On 21 June 2008, he died in China of an apparent heart attack. He left a wife and four sons.
Awards
* "Friendship Award" following the 40th anniversary of the liberation of
China
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, by then Prime Minister
Li Peng
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on 1 October 1989.
Works
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See also
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Paul Janssen
Paul Adriaan Jan, Baron Janssen (12 September 1926 – 11 November 2003) was a Belgian physician. He was the founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica, a pharmaceutical company with over 20,000 employeesPaul Lewi, Obituary of Dr Paul Janssen (1926–20 ...
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Pharmaceutical industry in China
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Notes
* Geerdt Magiels, ''Paul Janssen. Pionier in farma en in China'', Houtekiet, 2005.
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1942 births
2008 deaths
Flemish businesspeople
Johnson & Johnson people