Regretting that there could not have been a vaccine against Covid-19 produced in France, Prime Minister Jean Castex will announce next month “a massive plan for the reinvestment of Sanofi in France”, he indicated during of a meeting with caregivers in Obernai (Bas-Rhin), this Friday.
“We have all under-invested in health for forty years. (…) The question is whether those who are in charge today, as is my case, take the necessary decisions, ”said Jean Castex during an impromptu conversation with two chiefs. service of the new Obernai hospital.
“A question of sovereignty”
“All French people, in Alsace as elsewhere, have been traumatized by this affair, like me: it is the lowering of resources for thirty years on innovation in health research that has resulted in us not doing of French vaccine… That is no longer possible! We must reinvest massively,” he continued.
“I will announce in the second half of February a massive reinvestment plan for Sanofi in France, because we have to start again. We are going to create a Health Innovation Agency. We must relocate manufacturing to France, as we did with paracetamol. It is also a question of sovereignty,” he continued, without giving further details.