Sanofi’s Larsen On Advances In Diabetes R&D And Payer Expectations
Executive Summary
Dr Philip Larsen, Vice President, Research and Translational Medicine, R&D Diabetes Division, Sanofi tells Scrip in an interview which way potential gene therapy for diabetes may be headed and how the Sanofi-Evotec alliance is shaping. He also indicates that oral insulin, considered the holy grail of diabetes treatment, is a ‘really long journey’ with difficult prospects currently.
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