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Henri Termeer rediscovers the 'Genzyme feel' in world of biotech startups
Two years after leaving the biotech giant Genzyme, Henri Termeer has found increased demand for his expertise and personal resources from a growing crowd of startups in the Boston area and The Netherlands, he told FierceBiotech in an interview. Read more >>
Sanofi downsizing in France drags on
Sanofi CEO Chris Viehbacher has been openly critical of his research operation in Toulouse, France. He said the researchers are costing too much money and haven't developed an important drug in 20 years.
UPDATED: EMA recommends Biogen, Sanofi MS drugs
The market for multiple sclerosis drugs is expected to reach nearly $20 billion by 2020, and Sanofi and Biogen Idec each want a big piece of that for their oral MS drugs.
Genzyme boasts of durable response to MS drug Lemtrada
Genzyme executives today rolled out positive data from a one-year extension study of its pivotal Phase III trial that gives the company some boasting rights for a drug that demonstrated a durable response in most patients.
Sanofi's Genzyme hits target with muscular dystrophy RNA drug in mice
Researchers at Genzyme have found a way to deliver drugs that shut down the genes associated with the neuromuscular disease myotonic dystrophy type 1, a type of muscular dystrophy.
Sanofi again turns to Waterford plant for production solution
A Sanofi plant that benefited from problems at its Genzyme subsidiary in the past is benefiting from Sanofi's good fortune now.
Sanofi's Genzyme looking hard at continuous manufacturing
Genzyme, the biotech subsidiary of Sanofi, is experimenting with continuous processing, a new manufacturing approach that potentially can shave time, space and equipment costs by eliminating the batch approach to production.
Genzyme's $176K Kynamro price undercuts its $250K-plus rival
Sanofi's ($SNY) Genzyme unit has set the price on its new rare-disease drug Kynamro: $176,000. That's steep, but it's part and parcel the super-niche-market strategy that's Big Pharma's new bread and butter.
Sanofi nabs FDA approval for Kynamro, despite safety concerns
The FDA came through with an approval for Kynamro, a treatment for a rare form of high cholesterol from Sanofi's ($SNY) Genzyme unit.
Amgen, Genzyme race to develop new manufacturing process
Manufacturing biotech drugs inside living cells is a complex and expensive task. But two big outfits, Amgen and Sanofi's Genzyme, are racing to develop a new process that promises to significantly reduce the cost of proteins and antibodies, according to a story in MIT's Technology Review .
