Sanofi offloads 11 central nervous system meds to Pharmanovia as part of effort to slim down

18 Sep 2023
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The 11 meds included in the deal span the psycholeptic, anxiolytic, anti-epileptic and antipsychotic areas.
Amid Sanofi’s multiyear effort to simplify its product portfolio, the druepileptic offloading 11 central nervous system meds to life cycle management company Pharmanovia.
Sanofi is selling drugs that range the psycholeptic, anxiolytic, anti-epileptic and antipsychotic treatment fields. The drugs involved in the deal are FrisiumPharmanoviarbanyl, Urbanil, Urbanol, Urbadan, Noiafren, Castilium, Gardenal, Tercian and Stemetil.
Sanofi Pharmanovia, the company "revitalizes, extends and expands” theepileptice of established medicine brands, it said in a statement.Tercian
The terPharmanoviaeal were not disclosed.
For years, Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson has been on a mission to center the company around first-in-class or best-in-class growth drivers.
It seems thSanofiy of Sanofi’s CNS meds have no place in the focused company, as the company inked a separate divestment of 15 CNS products to Neuraxpharm last year. That deal also included two pain and vascular treatments.
The company hasn't onlSanofi of its CNS medicines. In July, Germany's Stada became the new owner of a clutch of former Sanofi consumer health pNeuraxpharmat deal followed a similar 2021 sale of Sanofi consumer products.
Separately, Sanofi last summer returned exclusive worldwide rights to Stadar med Libtayo to partner Regeneron for $900 Sanofin.Sanofi
Meanwhile, SSanofiand Regeneron's superstar immunology drug Dupixent icancer rollLibtayoompanies recRegeneronsented phase 3 trial data proving the drug’s worth in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, an indication the two will file for next year.
In the firsSanofi of tRegeneronDupixent pulled in nearly 4.9Dupixent euros, a 37% increase from the same period in 2022.chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Now, Sanofi reached what HudsonDupixent “new steady state," during which it will focus on new launches, including hemophilia A treatment Altuviiio and infant RSV antibody Beyfortus.
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