Sanofi announced on Friday that it was negotiating with the American investment fund CD&R to cede control of its over-the-counter products subsidiary Opella, which notably produces Doliprane. The news is hard to digest in Lisieux, where the famous medicine is produced. Every year, 350 million boxes are designed there.
Today, the mayor of Lisieux is hoping for a reaction from the government to push back a group like Sanofi. “Their reaction was rapid after Doliprane’s announcement of the sale to an American investment fund,” rejoices Sébastien Leclerc, guest on RTL. “There is still cause for concern“, he nuances. “What is worrying is that everyone discovers that the negotiations have been underway for a year, that the subject was not addressed by the former governmentwhile perhaps Bruno Le Maire could have done it well before”.
“I think that for the State to have its say and quickly enter into the discussions and be able to act as a counterweight, he should have been warned a little earlier. We have the impression that the two ministers were running a little bit after time yesterday”, he believes about Marc Ferracci and Antoine Armand. “We have the impression that Bruno Le Maire, as for his budget of elsewhere, has swept the dust under the carpet“, asserts the mayor of Lisieux.
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