Genzyme Corporation Parent Running At ‘Full Speed,’ Chairman Says

CAMBRIDGE — The symbolism was unmistakable.

Three weeks after firing its high-profile chief executive, causing investors to fear a retreat from its global strategy, French drug maker Sanofi SA hosted a daylong meeting with analysts Thursday here at the headquarters of Genzyme, the biotech Sanofi snapped up three years ago to inject a dose of entrepreneurial vigor.

The message was that Sanofi, long slow to innovate, will be bringing a new generation of therapies to market, including a pair of newly approved Genzyme medicines to treat multiple sclerosis and Gaucher disease.

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