Sanofi announced the appointment of Manuela Buxo as Head of Specialty Care, effective March 1, 2026. Manuela will succeed Brian Foard, who has decided to leave the company as of February 28, 2026, having accepted an external leadership opportunity. Brian joined Sanofi in 2017 and has held several senior leadership roles, most recently leading the Specialty Care Global Business Unit and serving as a member of the Executive Committee. During his tenure, Sanofi's
Specialty Care strengthened its global position, driven by the launches of key medicines such as Dupixent across multiple indications and geographies. Manuela will lead Sanofi's Specialty Care Global Business Unit and serve as a member of the Executive Committee. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Manuela currently leads Sanofi's Global Immunology Alliance Franchise and oversees its worldwide strategy and performance. For more than two years, she has driven the global expansion
and growth of Dupixent. With over 20 years of international healthcare experience and prior leadership roles across Specialty Care in Europe and global franchise management, Manuela brings deep operational knowledge of the business and strong familiarity with key markets and medicines. Her experience, as well as her knowledge of the company and its people, will further drive the dynamic development of Specialty Care.
Sanofi is the largest European pharmaceutical group. Net sales by family of products break down as follows:
- pharmaceutical products (81.8%): prescription drugs for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, neurological diseases, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, rare diseases, cancers and rare hematological diseases;
- human vaccines (18.2%): pediatric vaccines, vaccines for flu, meningitis, and polio, booster vaccines, and vaccines for travelers and endemic areas.
At the end of 2025, the group had 37 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (3.9%), Europe (17.1%), the United States (50.8%), China (6%) and other (22.2%).
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