France intends to relocate its sanitary industry: this was announced by Emmanuel Macron Tuesday during the visit to a Sanofi factory in the Rhône. The president took the opportunity to bury the hatchet with the pharmaceutical group, after the controversy sparked by the statements of his boss last month.

As the Covid-19 weakens in France, Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday of next measures to relocate factories in the health sector to France, alongside the boss of the Sanofi group who will create two French research and production sites for vaccines. At the end of a visit to the Sanofi site in Marcy-l'Étoile, in the Rhône, the President of the Republic also promised to set up by the summer of a "planning mechanism" French production in the health sector, as well as an envelope of 200 million euros to finance production infrastructure. 

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Producing paracetamol in France 

"Everyone saw during this crisis that drugs that seemed common were no longer produced in France and in Europe," he said. "So we must beyond asking ourselves the question, drawing all the consequences. We will invest in these relocation initiatives. We will make commitments: we will be able, for example, to reproduce, package and distribute paracetamol in France. the ability to do that, "added Emmanuel Macron. 

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A new Sanofi factory

During this visit, Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson took the opportunity to announce an investment of 610 million euros over several years to create a vaccine production plant in the Rhône and a research and development center.

The new Sanofi factory, with 200 jobs created, will be "exceptional, a world first that will allow the rapid, digital production of all the vaccines we will need in the future," said Emmanuel Macron.

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Through these announcements, Emmanuel Macron and the boss of the laboratory evacuate the controversy last month when Paul Hudson said that the Americans would be served first if a vaccine was discovered.