Serge Weinberg, Sanofi (Tristan Reynaud, SIPA via AP Images)
Serge Weinberg issues sharp reversal as board, French government react to CEO Paul Hudson’s vaccine remarks
Sanofi chair Serge Weinberg on Thursday walked back entirely his CEO Paul Hudson’s remarks that the US would have “the right to the largest pre-order” of the French drugmaker’s Covid-19 vaccine, should it be complete.
“There will be no particular advance given to any country,” Weinberg told France 2 television, according to Reuters. “The comments of our CEO have been altered. We consider vaccines as a common good.”
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