(AOF) – Sanofi today announced the departure of Dr. John Reed, Global Head of Research and Development since May 2018, who “laid the foundations for the transformation of the company’s R&D”. The group has started the internal and external search process for the succession of Dr John Reed, and Dr Dietmar Berger, Head of Global Development since May 2019 and Chief Medical Officer since February 2020, former of Genentech, Bayer and Amgen, has accepted to act as interim director of the R&D organization.
Sanofi says John Reed has “helped reshape the group’s discovery and therapy development processes” by focusing efforts on “first and best-in-class drugs that have the potential to transform the practice of medicine.” and improve the lives of people with serious illnesses.”
Dr. Reed has also “managed the integration and development of new technology platforms and partnerships”, and “helped increase the productivity of the R&D organization”.
Sanofi announces that in 2023 it will launch two first-in-class or best-in-class drugs that will meet significant needs in the areas of hemophilia and respiratory syncytial virus, which causes bronchiolitis. The company anticipates over the next 15 months 27 scientific publications and two publications of the results of pivotal trials in multiple sclerosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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