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AI might beat IQ, not EQ — but never say never

Paul Hudson, chief executive officer of Sanofi SA, during a panel session on day two of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 15 to 19. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Sanofi CEO: AI promises a great era of drug discovery that could fundamentally change medicine–but only if we allow it to deliver

Joyce Mullen, CEO of Insight, and Paul Hudson, CEO of Sanofi.

Sanofi and Insight Enterprises CEOs: With the right blueprint in place, AI will empower workers and help big companies become more nimble

By Paul Hudson and Joyce Mullen

Central Islip, N.Y.: People cover their nose as they walk in Central Islip, New York on June. 7, 2023, due to smoky conditions caused by wildfires in Canada. (Photo by James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

Climate change is our greatest health crisis. The same investments can often address both threats

By Vanessa Kerry and Paul Hudson

Chief Executive Officer of French pharmaceutical group Sanofi Paul Hudson presents the group’s 2021 full year results at Sanofi headquarters in Paris on February 4, 2022. (Photo by Eric PIERMONT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images)

Sanofi CEO: ‘Europe’s lead in life sciences R&D is eroding–but co-localized hubs could allow it to keep up’

Doctor talking to the patient about menopause and treatment in future.

People are much less likely to trust the medical system if they are from an ethnic minority, have disabilities, or identify as LGBTQ+, according to a first-of-its-kind study by Sanofi

By Paul Hudson and Michelle A. Williams

VESPASIANO, BRAZIL – JULY 07: A lab technician works on a patient’s samples to perform COVID-19 PCR tests at Hermes Pardini Lab amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on July 7, 2020 in Vespasiano, Brazil. Hermes Pardini is the largest diagnostic medicine lab in Latin America and since March has performed over 200,000 COVID-19 PCR tests. (Photo by Pedro Vilela/Getty Images)

Pharma’s sense of urgency must outlast the pandemic

Cancer treatments like immunotherapy can cause serious side effects, writes Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson.

How new technologies are transforming cancer treatment

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How to speed up medical breakthroughs in the post-COVID world

A healthcare professional performs a serological test that can identify who has contracted Coronavirus, perhaps in an asymptomatic form and has produced antibodies, on April 20, 2020 in Milan, Italy.

Sanofi CEO: How we can prevent being caught off guard by a pandemic like the coronavirus ever again

A heart graphic is seen displayed on an Apple Watch in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on April 25, 2019.

Pharma needs to stop chasing shiny objects and start embracing practical technology