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Sanofi strikes back in takeover battle for big Czech drug company
- 2008-06-18
PRAGUE AFP — Czech-based generic drugs giant Zentiva was at the heart of a takeover tussle Wednesday after French group Sanofi-Aventis struck back with an offer countering a bid by local financial concern PPF. PPF, holding a 19.2 percent stake in Zentiva, which has substantial markets in Slovakia, Romania...
Sanofi-Aventis will cut 700-800 salespeople in France
- 2008-06-09
PARIS AFP — French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis said on Monday it planned to cut about a third of its sales representatives in France, or 700-800 jobs. Management "confirms the existence of overstaffing for sales representatives which is estimated at 700-800 jobs," a spokeswoman told AFP, after a report to...
French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis sees net profits rise 9 pct
- 2007-10-31
PARIS AFP — French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis raised its 2007 performance forecast Wednesday after reporting better-than-expected net earnings in the third quarter. The company said adjusted net profit rose 9.1 percent to 1.853 billion euros (2.7 billion dollars) in the third quarter from the same period last year. ...
EU drug regulator highlights depression danger of weight-loss pill
- 2007-07-19
BRUSSELS AFP — The European drug regulator EMEA said Thursday it had maintained authorisation of weight-loss pill Acomplia in the European Union, but had ordered it to be withheld from people suffering from depression. A panel of experts from the US Food and Drug Administration concluded in June that...
US court upholds patent for heart drug Plavix
- 2007-06-19
NEW YORK AFP — A US judge on Tuesday upheld the patent for Plavix by French group Sanofi-Aventis and its US partner Bristol-Myers Squibb, blocking a generic version of the blockbuster heart drug. The ruling by US District Judge Sidney Stein bars Canadian firm Apotex from producing a generic...
Key US drug panel rejects Sanofi's obesity pill
- 2007-06-13
WASHINGTON AFP — A US Food and Drug Administration panel of experts concluded Wednesday that pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis's obesity treatment Acomplia was unsafe and should not be sold in the United States. The 14 doctors on the advisory committee voted unanimously against allowing the French company's diet drug to...
Iraqis sue foreign companies over AIDS blood
- 2007-03-26
BAGHDAD AFP — Iraqi AIDS patients plan to sue French and US pharmaceutical giants for millions of dollars compensation after being infected by HIV-contaminated blood shipments in a massive 1980s health scandal. The Iraqi Red Crescent Society says 199 Iraqis have already died from AIDS contracted via blood bought...
WHO and Sanofi-Aventis renew 25 mln dollar disease cooperation
- 2006-10-10
GENEVA AFP — The French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis will renew a 25 million dollar donation to the World Health Organisation over the next five years to tackle neglected tropical diseases in poor countries, the WHO has said. The cooperation deal broadens the scope of a 25 million dollar, five-year agreement...
Sanofi-Aventis slashes share earnings forecast for 2006
- 2006-09-01
PARIS AFP — French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis has slashed its 2006 earnings per share forecast from 12 percent to just two percent due to competition for its blockbuster blood-thinner Plavix from a generic drug. The revision came a day after a New York court granted the company and its US...
Sanofi fighting generic drugs tooth and nail in US courts
- 2006-08-09
PARIS AFP — The French pharmaceuticals group Sanofi-Aventis is turning to vigorous legal action to protect its best-selling drugs in the United States from cheaper generic competition. "We are sure of our patents," a spokesman for Sanofi-Aventis, the world's third largest drug group, said Wednesday. Sanofi announced it...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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