The Minister of the Economy Antoine Armand announced on BFMTV that he would visit the Doliprane production site in Lisieux (Calvados) this Monday, after the announcement of negotiations regarding the potential sale between the French company Sanofi, its current owner, and an American investment fund.
The Minister of the Economy Antoine Armand will go on Monday October 14 with the Minister of Industry Marc Ferracci to the Doliprane production site, in Lisieux (Calvados), he indicated this Sunday on BFMTV, a few days later the entry of the French pharmaceutical manufacturer Sanofi into exclusive negotiations with an American investment fund, preferred to a French consortium, to sell the drug.
“My commitment is that Doliprane continues to be produced in France”, he assured on our antenna, “we will ask for very clear guarantees”.
Sanofi specifically intends to sell its over-the-counter product subsidiary Opella, which notably produces Doliprane.
The government ready to block the transfer?
“Producing Doliprane in France is our sovereign and health industrial strategy, and it must remain so,” further defended the minister, appointed as part of Michel Barnier’s new government.
This Monday, the minister intends, with his government colleague, to “exchange with employees, with their representatives” about the guarantees they intend to ask from manufacturers.
If he does not obtain these guarantees, “nothing will seem forbidden to me”, assured Antoine Armand, after being questioned about the leverage that the government has to block this transfer in the name of French industrial sovereignty.
“We will have this discussion tomorrow,” he promised.
Job maintenance and supply priorities
The government has set two priorities to validate the sale of Doliprane to the CD&R investment fund: the need for France to continue to be supplied in sufficient quantities and the maintenance of production jobs in France.
“I very sincerely think that commitments will be made, which will be very solid, both to maintain jobs and to maintain the security of supply for the French,” assured the Minister of Industry Marc Ferracci this Sunday.
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