Sanofi pasteur
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{{Infobox_Company |
company_name = sanofi pasteur|
company_type = Public|
foundation = August, [[2004]] ''by merger'' |
company_logo = [[Image:Sanofipasteur en.gif]]|
company_slogan = Because health matters. ([[French language|French]]: ''L'essentiel c'est la santé.'')|
location = HQ in [[Lyon, France]]|
key_people = [[Wayne Pisano]] ''President''<br/>|
homepage = [http://www.sanofipasteur.com/ sanofipasteur.com]|
Canadian homepage = [http://www.sanofipasteur.ca/ sanofipasteur.ca]|
}}
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'''Sanofi pasteur''' is the [[vaccine]] division of [[sanofi-aventis]] Group. It is the largest company in the world devoted entirely to vaccines.
== History ==
In 2004, Aventis merged with and into Sanofi. The new [[sanofi-aventis]] Group became the world's 3rd largest pharmaceutical company. Aventis Pasteur, the vaccine division of sanofi-aventis Group, changed its name to sanofi pasteur.<ref>{{cite web | title = sanofi-aventis : Aventis Pasteur, the vaccine division of the Sanofi-aventis Group, changes its name to sanofi pasteur | accessdate = 2007-11-04 | url = http://en.sanofi-aventis.com/press/ppc_980.asp }}</ref>
==== Key Dates ====
* 1897, Marcel Mérieux creates the Mérieux Biological Institute in Lyon. Richard Slee creates the Pocono Biological Laboratories, in Swiftwater (Pennsylvania) in the US
* 1914, John FitzGerald creates Connaught Laboratories, part of the University of Toronto.
* 1968, Rhône-Poulenc acquires 51% of the capital of the Institut Mérieux.
* 1974, Pasteur Institute creates Pasteur Production, a subsidiary specializing in manufacturing vaccines
* 1978, Connaught Laboratories in Canada acquires the vaccine manufacturing facility (Merrell-National Laboratories) at Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, US.
* 1985, Pasteur Production, the vaccines branch of the Institut Pasteur, is acquired by the Mérieux Institute, and Pasteur Vaccins is created
* 1989, The Mérieux Institute acquires the Connaught Laboratories in Canada and its subsidiaries and becomes a world leader in human biology
* 1990, Creation of Pasteur Mérieux Serums & Vaccins
* 1994, Pasteur Mérieux Sérums & Vaccins becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Rhône-Poulenc.
* 1996, Pasteur Mérieux Connaught is the new name of Pasteur Mérieux Serums et Vaccins
* 1999, Rhône-Poulenc and Hoechst unite their Life Sciences activities in a single company, which takes on the name Aventis. Within this group, Pasteur Mérieux Connaught changes its name to Aventis Pasteur.
* 2004, merger of Aventis with and into Sanofi. The new sanofi-aventis Group becomes the world's 3rd largest pharmaceutical company, behind [[Pfizer]] and [[GlaxoSmithKline]]. Aventis Pasteur, the vaccine division of the sanofi-aventis Group, changes its name to sanofi pasteur.
== Key facts & figures in 2006 ==
* Sanofi pasteur - 2006 net sales: € 2,533 millions (+22.7% over 2005)
* Staff: nearly 10,000 employees
* More than a billion doses of vaccines provided to immunize more than 500 million people in the world
* A wide range of vaccines protecting against 20 bacterial and viral diseases
* A global presence
* More than US$ 1 million invested every day in R&D
* Headquarters: Lyon, France
* US Manufacturing Site: Swiftwater, PA
== Vaccines ==
* [[TheraCys]] - [[bladder cancer]] <ref name=vaccineplace>{{cite web |url=http://www.vaccineplace.com/products/ |title=Sanofi Pasteur US Products |accessdate=2007-12-04 |format= |work= }}</ref>
* [[ADACEL (Tdap)]] - [[diphtheria]], [[tetanus]] and [[pertussis]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[DAPTACEL (DTaP)]] - diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids Adsorbed USP]], diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Tetanus Toxoid Adsorbed]] - diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[TriHIBit (DTaP/Hib Booster Use)]] - diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis and [[haemophilus influenzae type b]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Tripedia (DTaP vaccine)]] - diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[ActHIB]] - haemophilus influenzae type b <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Fluzone|Fluzone, Influenza Virus Vaccine]] - [[influenza]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Fluzone|Fluzone, Influenza Virus Vaccine, No Preservative]] - influenza <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Fluzone|Fluzone, Influenza Virus Vaccine, No Preservative: Ped Dose]] - influenza <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Menactra]] - [[meningococcal]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Menomune-A/C/Y/W-135]] - meningococcal <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[IPOL]] - [[Polio]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Imogam Rabies-HT]] - [[rabies immune globulin]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[IMOVAX RABIES]] - [[rabies]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[DECAVAC]] - tetanus and diphtheria <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Tetanus Toxoid Adsorbed]] - tetanus <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Tetanus Toxoid For Booster Use Only]] - tetanus <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[JE-VAX]] - [[Japanese encephalitis virus]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Typhim Vi]] - [[typhoid fever]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[YF-VAX]] - [[yellow fever]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
* [[Tubersol]] - [[tuberculosis]] <ref name=vaccineplace/>
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