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company description	<strong>{style:type=span|color=gray}\\ {style}</strong> Sanofi-Aventis, headquartered in Paris, France, is a multinational pharmaceutical company. The company is {style:type=span|color=#3300cc}[one of the five largest pharmaceutical companies in the world>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanofi_Aventis]{style}. Sanofi-Aventis engages in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products for sale principally in the prescription market, but they also develop over-the-counter medication. Sanofi-Aventis cover 7 major therapeutic areas: cardiovascular, thrombosis, oncology, diabetes, central nervous system and internal medicine. Its top sellers include blood thinners Lovenox and Plavix (which it markets with Bristol Myers Squibb), cancer drugs Taxotere and Eloxatine, insulin brand Lantus, and insomnia treatment Ambien. It is also one of the largest makers of vaccines through its [Sanofi Pasteur subsidiary>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanofi_Pasteur]. The company is Europe's largest pharmaceutical company. Source: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanofi-Aventis] [http://www.hoovers.com/sanofi-aventis/--ID__59931--/free-co-profile.xhtml]
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Their Record	{style:type=span|font-size=12pt}Sanofi Aventis is among the [WEC Pariticipating Companies>http://www.epa.gov/Sustainability/Workshop0505/6b_Mizroch_John.pdf]. WEC promotes sustainable development by encouraging environmental leadership, improving health and safety practices worldwide, and fostering the efficient use of natural resources.{style}

   

 

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{style:type=span|font-size=12pt}The Aventis Foundation, a German charitable trust, was established in 1996 as the Hoechst Foundation with an endowment of €50 million. In 2000, the foundation was renamed the Aventis Foundation subsequent to the 1999 merger of Hoechst and Rhône-Poulenc. The foundation was responsible for sponsoring the [Aventis Prizes for Science Books>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_Prizes_for_Science_Books], which celebrate the very best in popular science writing for adults and children, and which have grown to be one of the world's most prestigious non-fiction literary prizes. In 2006, the foundation severed its connection with the prizes and from 2007 they have been known as the [Royal Society Prizes for Science>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_Prizes_for_Science_Books] and are managed by the [Royal Society>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society], the UK national academy of science.{style}