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12 October 2017

Sanofi invests $200m in flu vaccine production

Pharmaceutical company Sanofi has announced it is investing €170 million ($202 million) to expand an influenza vaccine production facility in France.

Sanofi said the new facility will expand its supply of VaxigripTetra to a maximum of 70 countries in six continents, and is the only facility of its kind in France.

“Influenza continues to be a major public health problem around the world, causing serious complications, hospitalisations and deaths,” said David Loew, executive vice president of Sanofi.

“This expansion reinforces Sanofi Pasteur’s ability to tackle this underestimated health challenge,” he added.

Sanofi plans to complete the expansion by 2021, subject to relevant health authority approvals, and will begin producing vaccines in this new facility in 2022.

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