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27 February 2020Big PharmaRory O'Neill

Sanofi to create ‘world’s second biggest’ API manufacturer

French drugmaker Sanofi is looking to create a new European manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), amid concerns over dependence on a Chinese manufacturing sector hit by coronavirus.

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