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Sanofi-Aventis to buy Genzyme for $20.1 bln cash

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 02/16/2011 - 03:45

PARIS (AP) -- French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis SA has agreed to buy Genzyme Corp. in a sweetened all-cash deal that values the U.S. biotechnology company at $20.1 billion, ending months of corporate haggling....


 

France: Diabetes drug may be linked to 500 deaths

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 11/16/2010 - 16:12

PARIS (AP) -- French health officials said Tuesday the now-banned diabetes and weight loss drug Mediator may have been linked to the deaths of about 500 people in the 33 years it was on the market....


 

Sanofi Pasteur starts testing swine flu vaccine

Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 08/07/2009 - 04:56

LONDON (AP) -- French drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur says it has started human trials of its swine flu vaccine in about 2,000 people in the United States....