News|Articles|June 4, 2013

Sanofi Ends Development of Two Phase III Drugs

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Sanofi has discontinueddevelopment of two investigational drugs in Phase III development, iniparib, a drug to treat non-small cell lung cancer, and otamixaban, an anticoagulant, based on recent clinical results. Sanofi will take an after-tax change of $285 million for iniparib.


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