Sanofi

After 50 years, Sanofi is giving itself a bit of a branding make-over with a new logo and a restructuring of the France-based company’s corporate umbrella in support of its three-year-old “Play to Win” strategy.

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Eli Lilly said on Jan. 28 the company expects the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to decline the approval of expanded use of the rheumatoid arthritis drug Olumiant as a treatment for adults with moderate-to-severe eczema.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved drugs from AbbVie Inc. and Pfizer Inc. for treating the skin disease eczema, the companies said on Jan. 14.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sept. 21 approved Incyte Corp.’s cream Opzelura for treating the inflammatory skin condition atopic dermatitis, commonly called eczema, in adolescents and adults with boxed warnings.

Sanofi raised the company’s 2021 profit forecast on July 29 after its vaccines and star eczema treatment Dupixent helped the French drugmaker beat second-quarter results expectations.

Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent product won approval from the European Commission to treat children aged 6-11 years suffering from severe atopic dermatitis, often known as eczema.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals will repurchase about $5 billion of the U.S. drugmaker’s shares directly from France’s Sanofi, without altering their 17-year partnership.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory body accepted for priority review the use of Sanofi and Regeneron’s Dupixent product for children aged 6-11 with moderate-to-severe eczema,

Sanofi is ending diabetes and cardiovascular (DCV) research efforts as part of a revamp to narrow the number of the company’s business units in the hope of bolstering growth and profit.

Paris-based Sanofi announced the inaugural opening of the company’s first new digital manufacturing facility for biologics production in Framingham, Massachusetts.