Michel Lescanne is a French food processing engineer jointly responsible for the invention of the ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) Plumpy'nut in 1996, and presently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the French pharmaceutical manufacturer Nutriset.[1][2]

Michel Lescanne
Occupation(s)Engineer, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Known forCo-invention of Plumpy'nut and founding Nutriset

Notes edit

  1. Briend, André; Lescanne, Michel (14 July 2000). "Food or nutritional supplement, preparation method and uses". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  2. Schofield, Hugh (8 April 2010). "Legal fight over Plumpy'nut, the hunger wonder-product". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  3. Ducable, Guillaume (6 November 2009). "Nutriset. Entreprise responsable". Le Journal des entreprises (in French). Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  4. von Schoen-Angerer, Tido (13 November 2009). "MSF: Nutriset patent impeding access to treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition". Médecins Sans Frontières. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  5. Enserink, Martin (3 October 2008). "Patents: A Recipe for Problems?". Science. 322 (5898): 38. doi:10.1126/science.322.5898.38. PMID 18832624. S2CID 35082040.
  6. Enserink, Martin (3 October 2008). "The Peanut Butter Debate". Science. 322 (5898): 36–38. doi:10.1126/science.322.5898.36. PMID 18832623. S2CID 46550185.
  7. "Ma pâte à base d'arachide évite l'hospitalisation aux enfants" (PDF). Le Parisien (in French). 11 June 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
  8. "Nutriset: une belle histoire" (in French). Le monde comme il va. Archived from the original on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  9. "FOOD: Plumpy'nut patent under pressure". Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN). United Nations. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  10. Lescanne, Michel (March 2005). "Letter on commercial production of RUTF" (24). Field Exchange: 17. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. Fernandez, Alejandra; Sauguet, Isabelle; Da Costa, Florence; Claeyssens, Virginie; Lescanne, Adeline; Lescanne, Michel (March 2009). "Social marketing of a nutritional supplement in Niger" (35). Field Exchange: 28. Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 24 August 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. Lescanne, Michel (November 2002). "Reducing the price of Plumpy'nut" (17). Field Exchange: 23. Archived from the original on 2013-02-21. Retrieved 24 August 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

References edit

  1. ^ Rice, Andrew (2 September 2010). "The Peanut Solution". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Nutriset's timeline". Nutriset. Retrieved 28 July 2012.