Sanofi pasteur
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Sanofi Pasteur is the vaccines division of sanofi-aventis
Group. It is the largest company in the world devoted entirely to vaccines.
Group became the world's 3rd largest pharmaceutical company. Aventis Pasteur, the vaccine division of sanofi-aventis Group, changed its name to sanofi pasteur.
Sanofi-Aventis
Sanofi S.A. is a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Paris, France, the world's fourth-largest by prescription sales. Sanofi engages in the research and development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products for sale principally in the prescription market, but the...
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-aventisSanofi-Aventis
Sanofi S.A. is a multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Paris, France, the world's fourth-largest by prescription sales. Sanofi engages in the research and development, manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products for sale principally in the prescription market, but the...
Group became the world's 3rd largest pharmaceutical company. Aventis Pasteur, the vaccine division of sanofi-aventis Group, changed its name to sanofi pasteur.
Key dates
- 1897: Marcel Mérieux creates the Mérieux Biological Institute in Lyon. Richard Slee creates the Pocono Biological Laboratories, in Swiftwater, PennsylvaniaSwiftwater, PennsylvaniaSwiftwater is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. In 1897 Richard Slee created the Pocono Biological Laboratories in Swiftwater. Swiftwater is home to the biggest flu vaccine plant in the United States.. Swiftwater is the location of one of the many barracks...
in the U.S. - 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 InstitutePasteur InstituteThe Pasteur Institute is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who made some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern medicine at the time, including pasteurization and vaccines for anthrax...
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, U.S.
- 1985: Pasteur Production 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 PfizerPfizerPfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...
and GlaxoSmithKlineGlaxoSmithKlineGlaxoSmithKline plc is a global pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in London, United Kingdom...
. Aventis Pasteur, the vaccine division of the sanofi-aventis Group, changes its name to sanofi pasteur. - 2008: Sanofi Pasteur acquires Acambis plc, a biotech company.
- 2009: Sanofi Pasteur acquires major stake in Hyderabad-based Shantha BiotechnicsShantha BiotechnicsShantha Biotechnics is an Indian biotechnology company based in Hyderabad.It is the first Indian company to develop, manufacture and market a recombinant human healthcare product in India....
, which has been valued at euro 550 million (over Rs 3,770 crore).
Key facts & figures in 2009
- Sanofi pasteur - 2009 net sales: € 3,483 millions (+9.2% over 2008)
- Staff: more than 12,500 employees
- More than 1.6 billion doses of vaccines produced yearly to immunize more than 500 million people in the world
- Largest product range available, against 20 infectious diseases
- A global presence
- More than €1 million invested every day in R&D
- Headquarters: Lyon, France
- US Manufacturing Site: Swiftwater, PA
- 3 new facilities under construction in Ocoyoacac, Mexico; Neuville, France and Shenzhen, China
Vaccines
- TheraCys - bladder cancerBladder cancerBladder cancer is any of several types of malignant growths of the urinary bladder. It is a disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder. The bladder is a hollow, muscular organ that stores urine; it is located in the pelvis...
- ADACEL (Tdap) - diphtheriaDiphtheriaDiphtheria is an upper respiratory tract illness caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium. It is characterized by sore throat, low fever, and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity...
, tetanusTetanusTetanus is a medical condition characterized by a prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers. The primary symptoms are caused by tetanospasmin, a neurotoxin produced by the Gram-positive, rod-shaped, obligate anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani...
and pertussisPertussisPertussis, also known as whooping cough , is a highly contagious bacterial disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. Symptoms are initially mild, and then develop into severe coughing fits, which produce the namesake high-pitched "whoop" sound in infected babies and children when they inhale air... - DAPTACEL (DTaP) - diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis
- Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids Adsorbed USP, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis
- Tetanus Toxoid Adsorbed - diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis
- TriHIBit (DTaP/Hib Booster Use) - diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis and haemophilus influenzae type b
- Tripedia (DTaP vaccine) - diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis
- ActHIB - haemophilus influenzae type b
- Fluzone, Influenza Virus VaccineFluzoneFluzone is the commercial name of an influenza virus vaccine, distributed by sanofi pasteur, USA. It is a split-virus vaccine, which is produced by chemical disruption of the influenza virus...
- influenzaInfluenzaInfluenza, commonly referred to as the flu, is an infectious disease caused by RNA viruses of the family Orthomyxoviridae , that affects birds and mammals... - Fluzone, Influenza Virus Vaccine, No PreservativeFluzoneFluzone is the commercial name of an influenza virus vaccine, distributed by sanofi pasteur, USA. It is a split-virus vaccine, which is produced by chemical disruption of the influenza virus...
- influenza - Fluzone, Influenza Virus Vaccine, No Preservative: Ped DoseFluzoneFluzone is the commercial name of an influenza virus vaccine, distributed by sanofi pasteur, USA. It is a split-virus vaccine, which is produced by chemical disruption of the influenza virus...
- influenza - Menactra - meningococcal
- In 2011, Menactra became the first meningococcal vaccine approved for use in infants.
- Menomune-A/C/Y/W-135 - meningococcal
- IPOL - Polio
- Imogam Rabies-HT - rabies immune globulin
- IMOVAX RABIES - rabiesRabiesRabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals. It is zoonotic , most commonly by a bite from an infected animal. For a human, rabies is almost invariably fatal if post-exposure prophylaxis is not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms...
- DECAVAC - tetanus and diphtheria
- Tetanus Toxoid Adsorbed - tetanus
- Tetanus Toxoid For Booster Use Only - tetanus
- JE-VAX - Japanese encephalitis virus
- Typhim Vi - typhoid feverTyphoid feverTyphoid fever, also known as Typhoid, is a common worldwide bacterial disease, transmitted by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the feces of an infected person, which contain the bacterium Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhi...
- YF-VAX - yellow feverYellow feverYellow fever is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease. The virus is a 40 to 50 nm enveloped RNA virus with positive sense of the Flaviviridae family....
- Tubersol - tuberculosisTuberculosisTuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...