Sanofi's Vaccines Performance Helps Offset Diabetes Decline

01 Nov 2018

• By Emily Hayes

Performance of Dupixent, which just picked up a new indication, was a third quarter highlight and bodes well for future growth, but sales of the blockbuster insulin glargine Lantus are crumbling.

Sanofi touted the promise of new launches and a return to growth in the third quarter, which helped offset the continued decline of its top-selling, but now genericized, Lantus (insulin glargine).

The company reported third quarter sales of €9.4bn ($8.3bn) on Oct. 31, which was up 6.3% year-over-year and beat the...

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