The French government will allocate funds to improve the infrastructure for drug research and development.

, June 18 ( Xinhua ) French President Emmanuel Macron announced on the 16th after inspecting a vaccine production base of French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Group , the French government will allocate 200 million euros to improve the country's drug research and development and production infrastructure.Macron said the investment is aimed at helping Sanofi and other Frenchcompanies to improve drug development and production, especially for the development of new coronavirus therapies and vaccines, and to improve france'spharmaceuticalindustry and pharmaceutical production capacity in the anti-epidemic processHe said the 200 million euros will be used tothe infrastructure needed for research and developmentproduction of drugs.Sanofi Group issued a press release on the 16th, announced that it will invest 610 million euros in France to establish a digital production base and a vaccine research and development center to improve vaccine research and development and production capacity, better respond to the risk of future outbreaks.According to data released by the French government website on the 16th, France has added 344 new confirmed cases, a total of 157,716 confirmed cases, there are currently 10,535 new crown patients inhospitalstreatment, of which 820 people in the intensive care unit.