Sanofi (company)

Sanofi is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical corporations.
Sanofi works in more than a hundred countries. The company is headquartered in Paris.
Overview.
The company started its work on August 20, 2004 by merging "Sanofi-Synthelabo" and "Aventis". Since then, Sanofi-Synthelabo owns 95.47% of the share capital of Aventis.
Structure.
Sanofi is diversified company. Sanofi's subsidiaries are 
Sanofi also has several foundations:
Management.
From October 28, 2014, the acting head of the company is Serge Weinberg.
The company's shareholders as of June 30, 2009 were:
Activity.
The main directions of the company's work now are:
"Sanofi-Pasteur's" vaccine division provides vaccines against the following infectious diseases: cholera, diphtheria, meningococcal infection, pertussis, tetanus, tuberculosis etc.
In 2020, Sanofi together with "GlaxoSmithKline" began developing a vaccine against COVID-19.