BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Oct. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi announced today it will contribute $18 million to three Historically Black Medical Schools to help the institutions work to increase diversity in clinical studies. The investment over 10 years is aimed at strengthening Centers of Excellence in clinical study diversity at Howard University College of Medicine, Meharry Medical College, and Morehouse School of Medicine.

Funding will be used to hire clinical research staff, establish infrastructure such as online chat services and pharmacy upgrades, create customized training programs, and more. Each of the Centers of Excellence have their own specific needs, which will help them harness their insights into the underrepresented communities they serve as they seek to increase representation and improve diversity in clinical studies.

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi is shipping BEYFORTUS (nirsevimab-alip) 50mg and 100mg Injection doses in the US to private healthcare providers and to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for its Vaccines for Children program to help ensure the majority of doses are available ahead of RSV season. The US market is anticipated to have enough supply so that every eligible baby born outside of the season will have access to immunization at a regular checkup and those born during the season will have access at birth. BEYFORTUS is the first and only long-acting monoclonal antibody approved for the prevention of RSV lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) in newborns and infants born during or entering their first RSV season, and for children up to 24 months of age who remain vulnerable to severe RSV disease through their second RSV season.