Multinational company Sanofi will open an innovation center in Barcelona, creating 300 jobs

Today, multinational biopharmaceutical company Sanofi has announced the launch of an innovation and operations hub in Barcelona. The hub will create 300 highly qualified jobs by 2026 and is expected to be fully operational by the end of this year.

For this project, Sanofi has received support from Catalonia Trade & Investment, the agency for business competitiveness under the Department of Business and Labour. The agency provides advisory and support services to companies after their establishment in Catalonia.

“Barcelona has the talent, creativity, and digital mindset we need”

Madeleine Roach, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Commercial Operations at Sanofi

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As an essential part of Sanofi's global digital and commercial operations, the new Barcelona hub will drive high-impact initiatives to improve the health and quality of life of patients worldwide. The hub will especially lead the generation of real-life evidence (RWE), supported by expert teams in biostatistics, statistical programming, clinical data analytics, engineering, and data science, to perform advanced analytics and enable more informed decisions across the organization. It will also support Sanofi's medical and scientific teams, as well as R&D and supply chain areas, reinforcing its role as a driver of innovation and operational excellence across the company.

Madeleine Roach, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Commercial Operations at Sanofi, stated, “Barcelona has the talent, creativity, and digital mindset we need, and we are inviting its best and brightest minds to help us shape the future of global healthcare. In such a competitive digital landscape, we are offering something extraordinary: the opportunity to develop smarter, faster solutions for patients around the world from one of Europe's leading innovation hubs. This hub is more than infrastructure: it's an investment in people, in ideas, and in Barcelona's role as a driver of Sanofi's AI-driven, patient-centric vision.”

Raquel Tapia, CEO of Sanofi, emphasized that "This new hub is a sign of trust in the innovation ecosystem of Barcelona, Catalonia, and Spain, reflecting their growing role in Europe's digital and scientific leadership." She added, "By establishing an AI-driven global initiative in Barcelona, we are creating high-value jobs and skills locally and helping to position Spain as a key driver in the transformation of the European healthcare sector." 

Since 2016, Barcelona has been home to Sanofi’s Global Innovation Center, which serves as a catalyst for innovation and digital transformation at an international level. The launch of the new AI-driven hub represents the next step on this journey, expanding Sanofi’s capabilities and ambition in the region. In this way, the facilities become part of Sanofi's global network of strategic hubs, which also includes those in Hyderabad, India; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Budapest, Hungary; and Bogotá, Colombia.

About Sanofi

Sanofi is a French company headquartered in Paris. It is dedicated to researching, developing, manufacturing, and marketing pharmaceutical products.

The company employs more than 85,000 people worldwide and operates in 180 countries. In Spain, Sanofi has a workforce of 1,400 employees across its offices in Barcelona and Madrid, as well as a production facility in Girona. Over the past five years, the company has invested a total of €215 million in R&D.