Eric Mertens
General Manager at DSB Communication- Claim this Profile
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Marc Buchet
Working with Eric is a pleasure - Open minded - Win-Win oriented - Very professionnal - Very good at networking and putting people in contact.
Anna Chioti
Eric is a great business partner, having the right ideas at the right time and making things match perfectly in a timely manner. His communication skills and quick reactivity have been an asset for the projects we manage in collaboration.
Marc Buchet
Working with Eric is a pleasure - Open minded - Win-Win oriented - Very professionnal - Very good at networking and putting people in contact.
Anna Chioti
Eric is a great business partner, having the right ideas at the right time and making things match perfectly in a timely manner. His communication skills and quick reactivity have been an asset for the projects we manage in collaboration.
Marc Buchet
Working with Eric is a pleasure - Open minded - Win-Win oriented - Very professionnal - Very good at networking and putting people in contact.
Anna Chioti
Eric is a great business partner, having the right ideas at the right time and making things match perfectly in a timely manner. His communication skills and quick reactivity have been an asset for the projects we manage in collaboration.
Marc Buchet
Working with Eric is a pleasure - Open minded - Win-Win oriented - Very professionnal - Very good at networking and putting people in contact.
Anna Chioti
Eric is a great business partner, having the right ideas at the right time and making things match perfectly in a timely manner. His communication skills and quick reactivity have been an asset for the projects we manage in collaboration.
Experience
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DSB Communication
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Luxembourg
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Newspaper Publishing
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1 - 100 Employee
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General Manager
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Jun 2009 - Present
Publisher of SEMPER Luxembourg™, healthcare and lifestyle journal for physicians (GP's and SP's) and pharmacists. Founded in 2005, DSB Communication works with a network of specialized journalists, physicians and pharmacists in Luxembourg, France and Belgium. As from 2009, SEMPER Luxembourg™ is published by DSB Communication. More info on www.semper.lu As from 2013, DSB Communication has established a partnership with MediQuality for the management of MediQuality.lu As from 2015, DSB Communication is one of the main founding partners of Connexims s.a..
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MediQuality
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Belgium
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Online Audio and Video Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Editorial Director
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Apr 2020 - Present
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Medical Director
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Dec 2013 - Present
BeNeLux based physician community MediQuality (www.mediquality.net) is now reaching more than 35.000 Health-Care professionals.
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Connexims
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Luxembourg
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Managing Director
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Jan 2015 - Present
Publisher of Letz be healthy and www.letzbehealthy.lu Publisher of Letz be healthy and www.letzbehealthy.lu
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AWT Belgium
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Belgium
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Health, Wellness & Fitness
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Managing Director
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Aug 2017 - Present
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EFGCP - European Forum for Good Clinical Practice
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Belgium
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Corporate Ambassador
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Sep 2012 - Mar 2013
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Roularta Media Group
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Belgium
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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700 & Above Employee
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B2B Consultant
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Apr 2009 - Feb 2012
Business development of medical and healthcare activities, medico-strategic consultancy for the pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical industry, content expertise.Project management (round tables, publi-editorials, seminars, books, special editions, congresses), and especially launching and development of the quarterly health B2C publication T'chin.
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General Manager Roularta Medica
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Nov 2006 - Apr 2009
General management (team of 30-35, plus freelances), including editorial direction and medical direction of all titles of Roularta Medica:- le Généraliste / de Huisarts,- tendances pour Spécialistes / trends voor Specialisten (formerly L'agenda / de Agenda),- le Pharmacien / de Apotheker (formerly le Journal du Pharmacien / de Apothekerskrant),- le Dentiste / de Tandarts (formerly le Journal du Dentiste / de Tandartsenkrant),- Semper.Reorganization of titles porfolio, including acquisition of:- le Journal du Pharmacien / de Apothekerskrant,- le Journal du Dentiste / de Tandartsenkrant.Teams reorganization and integration in Roularta Media Group.Excellent results in market shares, and constant progression of audience - Multimed Study of medical press in Belgium:- le Généraliste / de Huisarts: 68% (leadership among the weekly journals and first title all categories)- Semper: 57% (leadership among monthly journals - third title all categories)
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Medical Director Roularta Medica
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Dec 2001 - Nov 2006
Defining a consistent strategy regarding the medical content of the publications.
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Medicom
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Writing and Editing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder & Partner
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Oct 1993 - Sep 2009
Medicom offers comprehensive healthcare writing and publishing services, and is experienced in all fields of communication, including writing, editing, layout, producing, and publishing. Medicom is also specialized in high quality medical translations, mainly from English and Dutch into French, for publishing or regulatory purposes. Medicom works with and for professionals in R&D, marketing, advertising, sales, sales training, medical education, regulatory fields. Medicom offers comprehensive healthcare writing and publishing services, and is experienced in all fields of communication, including writing, editing, layout, producing, and publishing. Medicom is also specialized in high quality medical translations, mainly from English and Dutch into French, for publishing or regulatory purposes. Medicom works with and for professionals in R&D, marketing, advertising, sales, sales training, medical education, regulatory fields.
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Editor-in-chief
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1995 - 2001
Advisor and editor-in-chief for the specialized medias edited by VM & Partners, publishing company acquired in 2001 by Biblo-Roularta Advisor and editor-in-chief for the specialized medias edited by VM & Partners, publishing company acquired in 2001 by Biblo-Roularta
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General Practitioner
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Sep 1990 - Nov 1993
General practitionner in Eghezée (Belgium) Only three years because other activities - medical writing and communication - quickly came on top. Anyway a nice experience for someone willing to communicate towards other physicians. General practitionner in Eghezée (Belgium) Only three years because other activities - medical writing and communication - quickly came on top. Anyway a nice experience for someone willing to communicate towards other physicians.
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Medical journalist and copywriter
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1991 - 1993
Copywriter for several medias in Belgium, mainly with pharmaceutical-driven approach: - AMB (Actualité Médicale Belge) - le Journal du Médecin, Patient Care (in those times publiished by ICS Medical) - Medipractice - Mediflash But also: projects in health education (Question Santé asbl), public information, including radio broadcasting, advertising, etc. Copywriter for several medias in Belgium, mainly with pharmaceutical-driven approach: - AMB (Actualité Médicale Belge) - le Journal du Médecin, Patient Care (in those times publiished by ICS Medical) - Medipractice - Mediflash But also: projects in health education (Question Santé asbl), public information, including radio broadcasting, advertising, etc.
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Education
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Université de Liège
M.D.