Opportunity for Pfizer and Valneva, as Sanofi opts out of C. difficile vaccine program
On December 1 2017, Sanofi Pasteur announced its intention to discontinue the Phase III development program for its Clostridium difficile vaccine.
The vaccine was on track to become the first option available globally for the prevention of C. difficile, which Data and analytics firm GlobalData estimated could reach peak annual sales of around $400 million
The decision by Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines business of French pharma major Sanofi (Euronext: SAN), to cancel the vaccines development program will be interesting news to US pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and French biotech firm Valneva (Euronext: VLA), which both have their own vaccines in late-stage clinical development, said GlobalData in a new report.
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