Robert Haïat and Gérard Leroy, cardiologists at St-Germain-en-Laye hospital, are the authors of a number of books on Major Clinical Trials in Cardiovascular Therapeutics, awarded the Académie Nationale de Médecine prize in 1997. This monograph is sponsored by the Société Française de Cardiologie (Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Working Group). Robert Haïat was President of the Société Française de Cardiologie in 1999.