EU - Commission clears acquisition of Merial by Sanofi-Aventis
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17-Sep-2009 (16 years 8 months 24 days ago)The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the acquisition of sole control of Merial of the US by Sanofi-Aventis of France.
Sanofi-Aventis is active in the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of human pharmaceuticals and vaccines, whilst Merial is active in these areas concerning innovative animal pharmaceuticals and vaccines.
The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.