Tag: $Sanofi

Sanofi (SASY) beat first-quarter estimates on Thursday as demand for ‌its asthma and eczema drug Dupixent remained high, though analysts looked to incoming CEO Belén Garijo to ignite growth beyond the blockbuster drug.

Sanofi (SASY) will buy U.S. vaccines company Dynavax Technologies (DVAX) for around $2.2 billion (1.9 billion euros), the French drugmaker said on Wednesday, a deal that will give it access to an approved hepatitis B vaccine.

Shares of Sanofi slumped on Monday as the French drugmaker said a U.S. regulatory review of its multiple-sclerosis drug won’t be completed by the end of the year and that a trial for a different form of MS didn’t succeed.

France is taking a small stake in Sanofi’s consumer healthcare business in order to quell a political backlash, as the pharmaceutical company presses ahead with a €16bn deal that would hand control of the unit to US private equity group Clayton Dubilier & Rice.

Sanofi has entered into talks to sell a controlling 50% stake in its consumer health business Opella to U.S. private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice, the French pharmaceutical group said on Friday.

Novavax on Friday said it has signed a multibillion-dollar deal with French drugmaker Sanofi to co-commercialize the company’s Covid vaccine starting next year and develop combination shots targeting the coronavirus and the flu, among other efforts. 

Oct 27 (Reuters) – Sanofi  shares tumbled more than 15% after the French drugmaker abandoned its 2025 profit target under a plan to list its consumer healthcare business, while boosting its development spending plans to shore up its core innovative drugs business.