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Market Cap:$99.1B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$32.9B
- Public
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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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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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Wellstat Therapeutics and Sanofi-aventis Enter Agreement On Novel Therapy for Type II Diabetes
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Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/14: CSC, GSK, SNY, ABX, CNO, HOG, TEL Upgrade; VLO, JBLU,...
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Sanofi-Aventis France (SASY.PA) to Buy Dyax Corp. DYAX's Drug Development Partner, Fovea Pharmaceuticals
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BRIEF-Credit Suisse raises targets on European pharma cos
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Sanofi to launch own generic version of Plavix
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Sanofi-Aventis Boosts Pipeline with In-Licensing Deals, Acqusitions
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Headline Hits: Sanofi-Aventis, Merrimack Collaborate on Cancer Drug
News & Analysis
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Sanofi vet group plots $70M China expansion
Sanofi-Aventis animal health group Merial broke ground for a $70 million expansion of a poultry-vaccines plant in the Nanchang development zone in China. Release More information about formatting options
Supreme Court Denies Aventis' Cert Petition in Lovenox Case
Aaron F. Barkoff submits: Aventis Pharma v. Amphastar and Teva, S. Ct. Appeal No. 08-937 (2009) The Supreme Court on Monday denied Aventis Pharma's SNY cert petition in a long-running dispute with generic biopharmaceutical manufacturer Amphastar. In its petition, Aventis had asked the Court to review...
Sanofi-Aventis Reaffirms Commitment to China Public Health with New Facility
ChinaBio Today submits: Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY) will invest 600 million RMB ($90 million) to expand its Beijing manufacturing facility to produce the company’s insulin drug, Lantus. Lantus is a pre-filled injection, delivered via the SoloSTAR pen device, which provides once-daily insulin to people with type 1 and type 2...
14 Drug Companies Cited for Misleading Google Ads
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...
Why Is Biogen Idec on the Rise?
Derek Lowe submits: Biogen Idec BIIB has continued to fight off Carl Icahn, opposing his nominees to the company's board and setting up a fight at the annual meeting later this year. But Tuesday morning as a correspondent has just pointed out to me the company's...
Sanofi Q4: No Nasty Surprises, But Viehbacher Is Focused on Sales Productivity Ratios
There were no nasty surprises in Sanofi-Aventis's Q4 results. Yesterday, BNET had suggested that CEO Chris Viehbacher's desire to cut $1.3 billion in operating costs would fall upon sales reps, whose jobs would be axed. We also noted that, dollar for dollar (or euro for euro, in...
Zacks Bull & Bear of the Day Highlights: InterDigital, Overstock.com, Sanofi-Aventis, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Biogen Idec
CHICAGO -- Zacks Equity Research picks InterDigital Inc. (Nasdaq: IDCC) as Bull of the Day and Overstock.com (Nasdaq: OSTK) as Bear of the Day. In addition, the analysts at Zacks Equity Research discuss the latest on Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: SNY), Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB). Full...
Sanofi-Aventis HQ Sells for $230 Million
Sanofi-Aventis leases its North American headquarters in Bridgewater, N.J. Renting is fine for some, but a recent deal indicates that despite the declining real estate market, Sanofi may have been better off buying its 670,000-foot complex. The Sanofi building, owned by SL Green Realty Corp. and Gramercy...
Should Sanofi-Aventis Buy Bristol Myers-Squibb?
Bristol-Myers Squibb CEO James Cornelius said in a recent earnings call that due to its healthy cash position it may be on the prowl for biotech acquisitions. That's ironic because it is looking more like BMS itself could be the company to be acquired, possibly by Sanofi-Aventis. ...
Yangtze River Delta Developing Huge R&D Base for Drug Companies
ChinaBio Today submits: [Editor’s note: The following article originates from coverage of the BioBay Investor Forum 2008, presented by ChinaBio on August 27/28 in Suzhou. It was hosted by BioBay, the life science park in Suzhou. The article is reprinted with permission from Interfax China. Interfax China pharma news...
| Volume | 1,097,541 |
| Shares Outstanding | 2.6B |
| Market Cap | 99.1B |
| Year High | 40.17 |
| Year Low | 23.95 |
| Earnings Per Share | 2.21 |
| P/E Ratio | 17.0452 |
| Dividend | 1.0639 |
| Yield | 2.8243 |
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