Company: SNY
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001121404-25-000010
Chunk: 155

Company: Sanofi
Filing Date: 2025-02-13
Form: 20-F
Chunk 155
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| PART I                                               |
| ITEM 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects |

2/ Business combinations As discussed in Note B.3. “Business combinations and transactions with non-controlling interests” to our consolidated financial statements included at Item 18. of this annual report, business combinations are accounted for by the acquisition method. The acquiree’s identifiable assets and liabilities that satisfy the recognition criteria of IFRS 3 (Business Combinations) are measured initially at their fair values as at the acquisition date, except for (i) non-current assets classified as held for sale, which are measured at fair value less costs to sell and (ii) assets and liabilities that fall within the scope of IAS 12 (Income Taxes) and IAS 19 (Employee Benefits). Business combinations completed on or after January 1, 2010 are accounted for in accordance with the revised IFRS 3 and IFRS 10 (Consolidated Financial Statements). In particular, contingent consideration payable to former owners agreed in a business combination, e.g. in the form of payments upon the achievement of certain R&D milestones, is recognized as a liability at fair value as of the acquisition date irrespective of the probability of payment. If the contingent consideration was originally recognized as a liability, subsequent adjustments to the liability are recognized in profit or loss (see Note D.18. “Liabilities related to business combinations and non-controlling interests” to our consolidated financial statements included at Item 18. of this annual report). 3/ Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets As discussed in Note B.6. “Impairment of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, and investments accounted for using the equity method” and in Note D.5. “Impairment of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment” to our consolidated financial statements included at Item 18. of this annual report, we test our intangible assets for impairment periodically or when there is any internal or external indication of impairment. Such indicators could include primarily but not exclusively (i) increased market competition resulting from (for example) the introduction of a competitor’s product; (ii) earlier than expected loss of exclusivity; (iii) increased pricing pressure; (iv) restrictions imposed by regulatory authorities on the manufacture or sale of a product; (v) delay in the projected launch of a product; (vi) different from expected clinical study results; (vii) higher than expected development costs or (v