Sanofi fires back at Roseanne: 'racism is not a side ef­fec­t' of Am­bi­en

In the sober­ing day­light af­ter Roseanne Barr tweet­ed a racist jab at one of Barack Oba­ma’s se­nior ad­vi­sors, Barr is blam­ing her bad be­hav­ior on a late-night dose of Am­bi­en. But the drug’s mak­er Sanofi is throw­ing off the as­so­ci­a­tion, tak­ing to Twit­ter to raise an eye­brow at Barr’s de­fense.

Peo­ple of all races, re­li­gions and na­tion­al­i­ties work at Sanofi every day to im­prove the lives of peo­ple around the world. While all phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal treat­ments have side ef­fects, racism is not a known side ef­fect of any Sanofi med­ica­tion.

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