11:03 AM EDT, 09/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Sanofi ( SNY ) and its Winthrop Industrie unit were ordered by a Paris appeals court to pay a fine of 150.7 million euros ($177 million) in damages to France's National Health Insurance Fund for engaging in anti-competitive practices linked to its Plavix anti-clotting medicine, multiple media outlets reported Wednesday.

The ruling stems from a 2013 decision by France's competition authority, which fined Sanofi ( SNY ) 40.6 million euros for using a "denigrating communication strategy" to encourage doctors to favor Plavix over competitors from 2009 to 2010, according to the reports.

Sanofi ( SNY ) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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