Sanofi
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 17, 2026.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F
(Mark One)
| ☐ | REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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| Or | |
For the fiscal year ended December 31,2025
Or
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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| Or | |
| ☐ | SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Date of event requiring this shell company report
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number:001-31368
Sanofi
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
N/A
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
France
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
46, avenue de la Grande Armée,75017 Paris, France
(Address of principal executive offices)
Roy Papatheodorou , Executive Vice President, General Counsel
46, avenue de la Grande Armée,75017 Paris, France. Tel: +33 1 53 77 40 00
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class: | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered: |
|---|---|---|
| American Depositary Shares, each representing one half of one ordinary share, par value €2 per share | SNY | NASDAQ Global Select Market |
| Ordinary shares, par value €2 per share | * | NASDAQ Global Select Market* |
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None
The number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of December 31,2025 was:
Ordinary shares:1,219,427,096
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒ No ☐.
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ☐No ☒.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of
Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
Yes ☒ No ☐.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or an emerging growth company. See
definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” or “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ | Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Emerging growth company | ☐ |
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If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected
not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards(1) provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the
Exchange Act. ☐
(1) The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting
Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal
control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared
or issued its audit report ☒
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the
filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive- based compensation
received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
| International Financial Reporting Standards | |||||
| U.S. GAAP | ☐ | as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board | ☒ | Other | ☐ |
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If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected
to follow. Item 17. ☐ Item 18. ☐
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☐ No☒.
*Not for trading but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares representing such ordinary shares.
Presentation of financial
andother information
The consolidated financial statements contained in this annual report on Form 20-F have been prepared in accordance with
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and with
IFRS as endorsed by the European Union (EU), as of December 31,2025.
Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, the terms “Sanofi,” the “Company,” the “Group,” “we,” “our,” or “us”
refer to Sanofi and its consolidated subsidiaries.
All references herein to “United States” or “US” are to the United States of America, references to “dollars” or “$” are to the
currency of the United States, references to “France” are to the Republic of France, and references to “euro” and “€” are to the
currency of the European Union member states (including France) participating in the European Monetary Union.
As of the date of this annual report on Form 20-F, all commercial trademarks mentioned here are protected, and are trademarks
of Sanofi and/or its subsidiaries, with the exception of:
trademarks used or that may be or have been used under license by Sanofi and/or its affiliates;
trademarks sold by Sanofi and/or its affiliates to a third party; and
other third party trademarks.
Not all trademarks related to products under development have been authorized as of the date of this annual report by the
relevant health authorities.
The data relating to market shares and ranking information for medicines and vaccines, in particular as presented
in “Item 4. Information on the Company — B. Business Overview — B.5. Markets — B.5.1. Marketing and distribution,” are based
primarily on sales data excluding vaccines and in constant euros (unless otherwise indicated) on a September 2025 moving
annual total (MAT) basis. The data are primarily from an IQVIA local sales audit, supplemented by country-specific sources.
Product indications described in this annual report are composite summaries of the major indications approved in the product’s
principal markets. Not all indications are necessarily available in each of the markets in which the products are approved. The
summaries presented herein for the purpose of financial reporting do not substitute for careful consideration of the full labeling
approved in each market.
Cautionary statement regarding
forward-looking statements
This annual report contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable federal securities law, including
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. We may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in
our periodic reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 6-K, in our annual report to shareholders, in our offering
circulars and prospectuses, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by our officers, directors or
employees to third parties. Examples of such forward-looking statements include:
projections of operating revenues, net income, business net income, earnings per share, business earnings per share, capital
expenditures, cost savings, restructuring costs, positive or negative synergies, dividends, capital structure or other financial
items or ratios;
statements of our profit forecasts, trends, business strategies, plans, objectives or goals, including those relating to products,
clinical studies, regulatory approvals and competition; and
statements about our future events and economic performance or that of France, the United States or any other countries in
which we operate.
Words such as “believe,” “anticipate,” “can,” “contemplate,” “could,” “plan,” “expect,” “intend,” “is designed to,” “may,” “might,”
“potential,” “objective,” "attempt," “target,” “estimate,” “project,” "strategy," "strive," "desire," “predict,” “forecast,” “ambition,”
“guideline,” "seek," “should,” “will,” "goal," or the negative of these and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-
looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements.
Forward-looking statements involve inherent, known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions associated with, for
example, the regulatory, economic, financial and competitive environment, including authorities’ decisions regarding whether
and when to approve a product candidate, political pressure in the United States to mandate lower drug prices including “most
favored nation” pricing for State Medicaid programs, and other factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.
These risks, uncertainties and assumptions include risk factors, which could also affect future results and cause actual results to
differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements, and which include those discussed under “Item 3. Key
Information — D. Risk Factors.” Additional risks that are unknown at this time or that are currently considered immaterial by the
Group, may have the same unfavorable effect and investors may lose all or part of their investment.
As a result of these factors, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements in this annual report will prove to be
accurate. Furthermore, if our forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. In light of the
significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a representation or
warranty by us or any other person that we will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame or at all. Moreover,
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Other than required by law, we do not undertake any
obligation to update them in light of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as required by law. These
forward-looking statements are based upon information, assumptions and estimates available to us as of the date of this annual
report, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or
incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all
potentially available relevant information. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should not place undue
reliance on any forward-looking statements contained herein.
You should read this annual report and the documents that we reference in this annual report and have filed as exhibits
completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify
all of our forward-looking statements by these statements.
Abbreviations
Principal abbreviations used in the Annual Report on Form 20-F
| ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
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| ADS | American Depositary Share |
| AFEP | Association française des entreprises privées (French Association of Large Companies) |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AMF | Autorité des marchés financiers (the French market regulator) |
| ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
| BLA | Biologic License Application |
| BMS | Bristol-Myers Squibb |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| CER | Constant exchange rates |
| CGU | Cash generating unit |
| CHMP | Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| COVALIS | Sanofi committee for internal occupational exposure limits (Comité des Valeurs Limites Internes Sanofi) |
| CSR | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| CVR | Contingent value right |
| EFPIA | European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations |
| EMA | European Medicines Agency |
| ERT | Enzyme Replacement Therapy |
| EU | European Union |
| FCF | Free cash flow |
| FDA | US Food and Drug Administration |
| GAVI | Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation |
| GBU | Global Business Unit |
| GenAI | Generative artificial intelligence |
| GERS | Groupement pour l'Élaboration et la Réalisation de Statistiques (French pharmaceutical industry statistics partnership) |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GLP-1 | Glucagon-like peptide-1 |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practices |
| Hib | Hemophilus influenzae type b |
| HSE | Health, Safety and Environment |
| IASB | International Accounting Standards Board |
| IFRIC | International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
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| IPV | Inactivated polio vaccine |
| IRA | US Inflation Reduction Act |
| ISIN | International Securities Identification Number |
| J-MHLW | Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare |
| LoE | Loss of Exclusivity |
| LSD | Lysosomal storage disorder |
| MEDEF | Mouvement des entreprises de France (French business confederation) |
| MFN | Most Favored Nation (US) |
| mRNA | messenger RNA |
| MS | Multiple sclerosis |
| NASDAQ | National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations |
| NDA | New Drug Application |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| ODD | Orphan Drug Designation |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PBM | Pharmacy Benefit Manager |
| PhRMA | Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America |
| PMDA | Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (Japan) |
| PTE | Patent Term Extension |
| QIV | Quadrivalent influenza vaccine |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RSV | Respiratory Syncytial Virus |
| SA | Société anonyme (French public limited corporation) |
| SEC | US Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SPC | Supplementary Protection Certificate |
| TRIBIO | Sanofi Committee for Biological Risk Prevention (Biosafety, Biosecurity, Biosurveillance) |
| TSR | Total shareholder return |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund |
| US | United States of America |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
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| PART I | 1 | ||
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| Item 1. | IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS | 1 | |
| Item 2. | OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE | 1 | |
| Item 3. | KEY INFORMATION | 1 | |
| A. Selected Financial Data | 1 | ||
| B. Capitalization and Indebtedness | 1 | ||
| C. Reasons for Offer and Use of Proceeds | 1 | ||
| D. Risk Factors | 1 | ||
| Item 4. | INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY | 17 | |
| A. History and Development of the Company | 17 | ||
| B. Business Overview | 18 | ||
| C. Organizational Structure | 52 | ||
| D. Property, Plant and Equipment | 53 | ||
| E. R&D Appendices | 56 | ||
| Item 4.A | UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS | 58 | |
| Item 5. | OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS | 58 | |
| A. Operating results | 58 | ||
| B. Liquidity and Capital Resources | 76 | ||
| C. Research and development, patents and licenses, etc. | 81 | ||
| D. Trend information | 81 | ||
| E. Critical accounting estimates | 81 | ||
| Item 6. | DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES | 82 | |
| A. Directors and Senior Management | 82 | ||
| B. Compensation | 114 | ||
| C. Board Practices | 138 | ||
| D. Employees | 145 | ||
| E. Share Ownership | 147 | ||
| F. Disclosure of action to recover erroneously awarded compensation | 149 | ||
| Item 7. | MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | 150 | |
| A. Major Shareholders | 150 | ||
| B. Related Party Transactions | 151 | ||
| C. Interests of Experts and Counsel | 151 | ||
| Item 8. | FINANCIAL INFORMATION | 152 | |
| A. Consolidated Financial Statements and Other Financial Information | 152 | ||
| B. Significant Changes | 154 | ||
| Item 9. | THE OFFER AND LISTING | 155 | |
| A. Offer and Listing Details | 155 | ||
| B. Plan of Distribution | 155 | ||
| C. Markets | 155 | ||
| D. Selling Shareholders | 155 | ||
| E. Dilution | 155 | ||
| F. Expenses of the Issue | 155 | ||
| Item 10. | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | 156 | |
| A. Share Capital | 156 | ||
| B. Memorandum and Articles of Association | 156 | ||
| C. Material Contracts | 160 | ||
| D. Exchange Controls | 160 | ||
| E. Taxation | 160 | ||
| F. Dividends and Paying Agents | 164 | ||
| G. Statement by Experts | 164 | ||
| H. Documents on Display | 165 | ||
| I. Subsidiary Information | 165 | ||
| Item 11. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK | 166 | |
| Item 12. | DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES | 169 | |
| PART II | 171 | ||
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| Item 13. | DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES | 171 | |
| Item 14. | MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS | 171 | |
| Item 15. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES | 172 | |
| Item 16A. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT | 173 | |
| Item 16B. | CODE OF ETHICS | 173 | |
| Item 16C. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANTS’ FEES AND SERVICES | 173 | |
| Item 16D. | EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES | 173 | |
| Item 16E. | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS | 174 | |
| Item 16F. | CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT | 174 | |
| Item 16G. | CORPORATE GOVERNANCE | 175 | |
| Item 16H. | MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE | 176 | |
| Item 16I. | DISCLOSURES REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS | 176 | |
| Item 16J. | INSIDER TRADING POLICIES | 176 | |
| Item 16K. | CYBERSECURITY | 177 | |
| PART III | 179 | ||
| Item 17. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 179 | |
| Item 18. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 179 | |
| Item 19. | EXHIBITS | 179 | |
| SANOFI FORM 20-F 2025 | 1 |
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PART I
ITEM 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers
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