Thrashed by a 'sur­prise' ri­val, Sanofi writes off $2B on soured he­mo­phil­ia deal

The me­te­oric rise of Dupix­ent has swelled Q2 rev­enue at Sanofi, push­ing up es­ti­mates for this year’s sales growth and grab­bing an­a­lysts’ at­ten­tion Mon­day. But the phar­ma gi­ant still has some sour news to un­load.

Sanofi wrote off $2 bil­lion af­ter watch­ing the mar­ket for its he­mo­phil­ia drug Eloc­tate shriv­el in the face of Roche’s new star, Hem­li­bra. Sales dropped 11% and ap­pear point­ed firm­ly south.

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