Sanofi Sales Rise 8.8%

Sales at French health care and beauty products company Sanofi rose 8% in the first nine months of 1994 to 18.18 billion French francs ($3.53 billion), with the human health care sector rising 8.0% to 9.92 billion francs, Bio-activities up 46.9% to 3.07 billion francs and perfumes and beauty products falling 4.6% to 5.19 billion francs. The pharmaceutical business registered good growth in Northern European markets, and sales growth remained high in developing trading areas, notably Asia and Central Europe.