Sanofi & Transgene to collaborate for the Production of Immunotherapy Treatments

Creation of a new state-of-the-art industrial platform at Genzyme’s unit in Lyon

Paris and Strasbourg, France – 25-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and Transgene SA (NYSE-Euronext: TNG) announced today a collaboration agreement for the creation of a new state-of-the-art industrial platform dedicated to the production of immunotherapy products including Transgene’s therapeutic products. The platform will be realized on Genzyme Polyclonals site in Lyon – Gerland area for an investment amount of 10 million euro equally financed by Sanofi and Transgene. The Platform will remain Sanofi’s exclusive property.

Sanofi and Genzyme will act as Transgene’s Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) to manufacture clinical and commercial batches of drug substance of Transgene’s immunotherapy products, including its MVA¹ therapeutic vaccines. Transgene will be a preferred customer of the
commercial manufacturing platform for 15 years.

“Transgene is extremely pleased to announce this agreement with the Sanofi Group, as it combines the strong expertise of recognized experts and pioneers in the fields of gene therapy and vaccines,” said Philippe Archinard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Transgene. “This collaboration will secure Transgene’s commercial production over the long run, enabling us to focus our resources on development and marketing of our products.”

“The Lyon area is a strategic place for Sanofi in the field of immunology, and I am extremely pleased to announce this collaboration with Transgene, representing a total investment of 10 million euro on Genzyme Polyclonals site in the Lyon Gerland area,” said Olivier Charmeil, President and CEO of Sanofi Pasteur. “Merial, Sanofi Pasteur and Genzyme will share locally their expertise to successfully implement this state-of-the-art platform and build a center of excellence available for Transgene and potentially other customers.”

“The agreement between Transgene and Sanofi is symbolic at more than one level”, said Alain Mérieux, Chairman of Institut Mérieux. “It brings into play operational synergies between the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in a place of historical importance for Institut Mérieux. The agreement also reinforces the ecosystem in Lyon, where we and other industry players have
learned to work together within the context of the local cluster (Lyon Biopole) and of the newly created Research Technology Institute (Bioaster).”

Genzyme Polyclonals site in Lyon – Gerland area – is already manufacturing polyclonal antibodies for the worldwide markets. It has all the necessary capabilities to support the registration of immunotherapy products for the EU and US markets.

Construction, qualification and validation of the manufacturing suite will start in Q3 2013 and should be completed in Q1 2015. First batches of commercial grade products from the suite are expected in 2015. Transgene expects to file its first BLA² in 2016.

About Sanofi
Sanofi, a global and diversified healthcare leader, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions focused on patients’ needs. Sanofi has core strengths in the field of healthcare with seven growth platforms: diabetes solutions, human vaccines, innovative drugs, consumer healthcare, emerging markets, animal health and the new Genzyme. Sanofi is listed in Paris
(EURONEXT: SAN) and in New York (NYSE: SNY).

About Transgene
Transgene (NYSE-Euronext: TNG), a member of the Institut Mérieux Group, is a biopharmaceutical company. It creates, develops and manufactures targeted immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancers and infectious diseases. Transgene’s products are major technological breakthroughs. They use well tolerated viruses to indirectly or directly kill infected or cancerous cells. Its four most advanced products have generated proof of concept data in randomized clinical studies: in lung cancer (TG4010), liver cancer (Pexa-Vec), hepatitis C (TG4040) and HPV-related cervical lesions (TG4001). Transgene has concluded strategic agreements for the development of three of these
products: an option agreement with Novartis for the development of TG4010, an in-licensing agreement with US-based Jennerex, Inc. to develop and market Pexa-Vec and a strategic collaboration with EORTC to develop TG4001 in cancer of the oropharynx. With 280 employees, it is based in Strasbourg, France, and has operations in Lyon, China and the USA. Additional
information about Transgene is available at www.transgene.fr.

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Transgene Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements notably referring to an anticipated future BLA filing date by Transgene. Such anticipated future BLA filing date is based on the current plan of product development and testing. This
plan may change in the future and, as such, Transgene could be in a position not to meet the currently anticipated development milestones, including such BLA filing. For further information on the risks and uncertainties involved in the
testing and development of Transgene’s product candidates, see Trangene’s Document de Référence on file with the French Autorité des marchés financiers on its website at http://www.amffrance.org and on Transgene’s website at
www.transgene.fr .

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¹ Modified Vaccinia Ankara. MVA virus is one the vaccinia viruses re-engineered used as vectors for production of recombinant proteins. It is widely considered as the vaccinia virus strain of choice for clinical investigation because of its high safety profile.

² Biological Licence Application, or filing of registrational dossier.

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