{"id":40121,"date":"2026-03-20T12:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/french-pharmaceutical-giant-sanofi-opens-new-operations-hub-in-china\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:08:19","slug":"french-pharmaceutical-giant-sanofi-opens-new-operations-hub-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/french-pharmaceutical-giant-sanofi-opens-new-operations-hub-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"French Pharmaceutical Giant Sanofi Opens New Operations Hub in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774022897793.jpg?resize=450%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774022897793.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774022897793.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi has established a new innovation and operations facility in Chengdu, a major city in southwestern China, according to a company announcement made Friday through its Chinese social media channels.<\/p><p>The newly opened center, which began operations Thursday, is designed to enhance Sanofi&#8217;s research and development capabilities while also supporting clinical trial operations and strengthening manufacturing and supply chain services throughout the region.<\/p><p>The facility represents Sanofi&#8217;s continued expansion into Asian markets as the company seeks to bolster its global pharmaceutical operations and research initiatives.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French pharmaceutical company Sanofi has established a new innovation and operations facility in Chengdu, China. The center will focus on research and development, clinical trials, and manufacturing support for the company&#8217;s operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":40120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[834],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1774022897793.jpg?fit=450%2C299&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-ar7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41109,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/french-pharma-giant-partners-with-kali-therapeutics-for-autoimmune-drug-development\/","url_meta":{"origin":40121,"position":0},"title":"French Pharma Giant Partners with Kali Therapeutics for Autoimmune Drug Development","author":"Admin","date":"March 23, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Kali Therapeutics announced a major licensing partnership with French pharmaceutical company Sanofi to advance development of an experimental autoimmune disease treatment. 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