BNET Industries
Market Cap:$101.8B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$32.9B
- Public
- FR
Dow Jones Description
Sanofi-Aventis sees the future - where disease is in the past. Formed by a 2004 merger and headquartered in Paris, France, Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY (ADR) Euronext Paris: SAN) is the third-largest pharmaceutical maker in the world. The company researches, develops, manufactures, and markets prescription drugs. Its products include Allegra, Aprovel, Eloxatin, Lovenox, Nasacort, Plavix, Taxotere, and Tritace, among others. It has over 100 compounds in development, about 40 of which are in Phase II or III clinical trials. The company has annual revenue of about A28.5 billion and employs about 100,000 people. In March 2006 the company acquired almost 25% of Zentiva NV for approximately A430 million. In 2005 the company sold its interests in Wacker-Chemie.
Number of Employees 97,181
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers: 424210
Recent Events
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Common heart rhythm problem on the rise in the U.S.
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Sanofi-Aventis Signs Agreement With Alopexx
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Sanofi-Aventis in research pact with CalTech
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Generex enters insulin supply deal for Oral-lyn
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Sanofi-Aventis SNY Announces Agreement with Intelliject for Novel Epinephrine Auto Injector
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Early and Often: A Drug Investor's Dream
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Drugmakers' Differences: Analyst's Toolkit
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Deutsche Bank Initiates Coverage on Sanofi-Aventis SNY with a Buy
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Big Pharma Willing to Pay for Biotech Innovation
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Sanofi-Aventis names Spek global operations head 37 mins ago
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Sanofi-Aventis Q3 Profit Rises; Lifts FY09 Adj. EPS Growth View; To Buy Laboratoire Oenobiol -...
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UPDATE 3-Sanofi lifts forecast on swine flu vaccine
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Sanofi-Aventis and Micromet to Develop New Tumour Antibody
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Dyax Corp. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
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Sanofi-Aventis's New JV Will Provide Entry into Chinas OTC Market
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Mexico pushing for homegrown swine flu vaccine
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Sanofi cozies up to Wellstat for $350M diabetes insulin pact
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Sanofi-Aventis France (SASY.PA) Buys Wellstat Therapeutics Corporation's Type II Diabetes Drug PN2034 For Up To...
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14 Drug Companies Cited for Misleading Google Ads
BNET
- 2009-04-07
The FDA cited 14 drug companies for misleading advertising in sponsored ads among Google search results. Those cited: Biogen Idec, Sanofi Aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, Forest Laboratories, Cephalon, Bayer, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Novartis , Genentech, Boehringer Ingelheim, Merck, Hoffman-LaRoche, and Eli Lilly. The citations, sent...
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...
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...
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...
Shares in Sanofi fall after anti-obesity drug setback
- 2006-02-20
PARIS AFP — The price of shares in French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis fell sharply after the company suffered a setback from regulatory authorities in the United States over its hotly awaited anti-obesity drug. In early afternoon trading, the price of shares in the group was showing a fall of...
Novo Nordisk's new diabetes drug approved in US
- 2005-06-17
COPENHAGEN AFP — The US Food and Drug Administration FDA has given the green light for the sale of Levemir, a long-acting insulin analogue drug for the treatment of diabetes, Danish pharmaceutical maker Novo Nordisk revealed. The drug has already been approved in 37 countries, including the European Union...
US FDA accepts diabetes drug application by Sanofi-Aventis, Pfizer
- 2005-03-02
PARIS AFP — The US Food and Drug Administration has accepted a new drug application by French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis and Pfizer of the United States for Exubera, a dry powder form of insulin that is inhaled into the lungs prior to eating, the companies said. The companies want...
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| Volume | 634,643 |
| Shares Outstanding | 2.6B |
| Market Cap | 101.8B |
| Year High | 40.28 |
| Year Low | 24.59 |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.21 |
| P/E Ratio | 17.50 |
| Dividend | 1.0639 |
| Yield | 2.7498 |
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