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FRANCE — French drugmaker Sanofi has agreed to acquire US-based pharmaceutical firm Provention Bio for approximately US$2.9 billion to strengthen its general medicines portfolio with the US-approved type 1 diabetes…
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FRANCE – Clean Cells has launched analytical activities at its €22 million (US$24.1m) new facility based in Montaigu-Vendée. Clean Cells is part of the Clean Biologics group, a provider of…
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FRANCE — Sanofi’s global head of R&D, John Reed has stepped down from his role in the company to join Johnson & Johnson, where he’ll serve as executive vice president…
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FRANCE — The European Union’s medicines regulator has given a new stage of approval for Dupixent, Sanofi, and Regeneron’s product to treat children as young as 6 months old with…
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FRANCE — French drugmaker Sanofi SA plans to launch a drug for rare bleeding disorder hemophilia A this year, Chief Executive Officer Paul Hudson told CNBC in an interview. The…
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FRANCE — EverImmune, a clinical-stage biotech company specializing in the development of live biotherapeutics in microbiota oncology, reports that the first patient has been treated in Phase I clinical trial…
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FRANCE — The French government has announced an immediate ban on the internet sale of all paracetamol-based painkillers, effective until the end of January. Paracetamol, particularly in forms suitable for…
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FRANCE — Ipsen and Albireo have agreed to merge, with Ipsen acquiring Albireo, a rare disease company focused on the development of bile acid modulators for the treatment of pediatric…
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FRANCE — A hospital in Versailles, near Paris had to cancel operations and transfer some patients after being hit by a cyberattack over the weekend, France’s health ministry has said.…
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FRANCE — Quest for change, a French regionally-certified network of five high-quality incubators (Innovact, Quai Alpha, Rimbaud’Tech, SEMIA, and The Pool), based in six locations within the Grand Est region,…
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