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Sanofi’s Dupixent Benefits In Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria Add To Strong Second Quarter

EPS Guidance For 2021 Updated

 
• By John Davis

Sanofi’s sales grew strongly in the second quarter, driven by the immunologic Dupixent and its vaccines business, with the company also reporting success in a further potential indication for the product, chronic spontaneous urticaria. The big pharma has raised its EPS guidance for the year.

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Positive Phase III results of Sanofi’s Dupixent in a fifth inflammatory condition, chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), announced on the same day as a strong set of second-quarter 2021 financial results, spotlights the future growth potential the product is continuing to bring to the Paris-headquartered big pharma. 

Dupixent (dupilumab, developed in collaboration with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) has been Sanofi’s top-selling product for some time, and it did not disappoint in the 2021 second quarter, with sales increasing by 57% at constant exchange rates (CER) to €1.24bn, compared with the same quarter in 2020

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