Sanofi's €10bn Dupixent Plan: 'We're Going To Put The JAKs Properly In Their Place'

Sanofi's new CEO has ambitious forecasts for Dupixent in atopic dermatitis, asthma and other indications. The French pharma outlined how it plans to reach that goal despite new competition vying to get in.

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Sanofi is ready to take on oral JAKs • Source: Shutterstock

Sanofi announced an aggressive €10bn peak sales goal for its blockbuster IL-4/IL-13 blocker Dupixent (dupilumab) as the anchor in the company's growth strategy during its Capital Markets Day presentation on 10 December. CEO Paul Hudson outlined how he expects to build Dupixent into a double-digit blockbuster even with the expected eventual entry of oral JAK inhibitors as competitors.

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