Interview with John Fagan, General Manager, Sanofi SA
Since we that came to South Africa in 2005 and interviewed you, what have been the main changes both in the market place, and within Sanofi as an organization? The…
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Tel: +27 (0)11 256 3700
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Sanofi is the leading multinational pharmaceutical company in South Africa and one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies serving the cause of improving health and wellbeing.
Present in more than 100 countries, with around 11 000 scientists, we have around
100 000 employees working to improve health and wellbeing.
Our Global headquarters are in Paris, France.
Sanofi-aventis focuses its activities on 7 major therapeutic areas:
Cardiovascular
Thrombosis
Oncology
Central Nervous System
Metabolic Disorders
Internal Medicine
Vaccines
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