IN RE SANOFI SECURITIES LITIGATION

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Case overview

Case Number:

1:13-cv-08806

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Securities/Commodities

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Paul A. Engelmayer

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  1. January 28, 2015

    Fraud Suits Targeting Sanofi Over MS Drug Prospects Tossed

    A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday threw out an investor class action and a related securities fraud damages suit against Sanofi over a 2013 setback in its effort alongside recently acquired Genzyme Corp. to win approval for their Lemtrada multiple sclerosis drug, finding rosy statements predicting on-time approval were genuinely believed when they were made.

  2. October 31, 2014

    Sanofi's Duty To Detail FDA Concerns Key To Lemtrada Cases

    A New York federal judge asked Friday whether Sanofi's "very happy opinion" shared with investors about prospects for on-time approval of its potential blockbuster Lemtrada multiple sclerosis drug carried with it a duty to detail concerns among regulators about bias in the single-blind method by which the drug giant and its recently acquired Genzyme Corp. unit were conducting trials.