right.doing something i'd never heard a complaint outside about chris viehbacher. the boardr from what has said and the media commentary and the press release that they did not get on. there were discussions that had not been cleared with the board, etc. what next? come out of this looking good? the board cannot come out of this looking good. >> it does not look great. they are going to say -- they've been saying they're going to stick with the same strategies. a board is going to look for a ceo. one wasl say the last too much of a maverick, did the things without consulting us. forho would want to work the sport? >> if they are saying the strategy is what it is, which will want to do that? >> they are looking for a caretaker. someone to execute. >> that is one way of looking at it. >> two we have any names? >> it is too soon. listen to the room or milla little. >> -- to the rumor mill a little. on investable -- is sanofi uninvestable? >> there is a vacuum at the top. uncertainty about who the ceo is. will they stick to the strategy, etc. how is the company going t

chris viehbacher is out as ceo of the french drug maker.he chairman will serve as interim ceo while the company searches for a successor. viehbacher sought to dismiss speculation about his future. in fact, we discussed the situation during yesterday's show. >> don't you think this is a little embarrassing? i like christ viehbacher. he's been on the show very much. the don't fire me approach has this, well, maybe i shouldn't buy that stock. >> i get when you get to the point of asking not to be fired, you're probably going to be. >> it's like geno smith, intercepted repeatedly. >> we'll see if that prediction came true. by the way, yesterday the stock suffered, of course, but of competition in the diabetes franchise particularly and this concern he would conceivably lose his job, which they followed through and did fire him. >> it does have a hewlett-packard feel to it. who wants that job now? who wants that ceo job, david? >> i don't know. i can tell you a search has been going on for a while. >> while he was the ceo, they did a behind-his-