Former Sanofi factory, DagenhamGeraldine Pilgrim's community-cast production brings a factory back to life in Dagenham with a dose of medical historyThe May and Baker factory (subsequently the Sanofi factory) opened in Dagenham in 1934. It manufactured pharmaceuticals " including the early antibiotic that saved many from gangrene during the second world war " and, until it closed in 2013, was a major employer and par…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AM on September 2, 2015