Drugmaker Sanofi is to scale back planned layoffs under pressure from the French government. <br /><br />Sanofi will now shed around 900 jobs in France over the next three years - its initial total was up to 2,500, according to union estimates.<br /><br />French Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg, who had called the layoffs "unacceptable", said the company had now listened to reason.<br /><br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/