Marie Antignac

Dr Marie ANTIGNAC serves as the Head of the Hospital Pharmacy Department at the large teachning hospital of Pitié Salpêtrière (AP-HP), bringing 20 years of experience as a hospital pharmacist specialising in medication safety and clinical pharmacy. Affiliated with an Inserm epidemiology team Team 4 U 970, she earned her Ph.D. and HDR, she designed and directs the pharmaceutical team of the global health module within the INSERM unit, focusing her research since 2011 on access to medications in low- and middle-income countries. This is conducted in close collaboration with the African Research Network (ARNcd, encompassing 19 African countries). Her work aims to explore two understudied dimensions of medicine access in Africa: the quality of available medicines and treatment acceptability (from both prescriber and patient perspectives, particularly adherence), conducting significant research: (i) on assessment of medication quality (SEVEN Study: 10 countries, 3,468 samples of cardiovascular drugs; DIABDAF Study: 13 countries, 4,951 samples of antidiabetic drugs) and (ii) on the management of non-communicable diseases in Africa (Evaluation of hypertension control, associated factors, and medication management among outpatient African populations (EIGHT Study: 12 countries, 2,167 patients). This study received the Top Award in Population Science at the American Heart Association (AHA) in 2018. In 2025, her team contributed to the establishment of the Global Health Institute at Université Paris Cité.