Sanofi Pasteur Commends Saudi Arabia for Being Declared Polio-Free.

PR Newswire Europe, March, 2007

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- Sanofi Pasteur Recognized as a key Contributor to Polio Eradication Efforts

Sanofi pasteur (NYSE: SNY), the vaccines business of the sanofi-aventis Group, commends the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for being declared a polio-free country by the World Health Organization (WHO). The announcement was made Saturday March 3rd, during an official ceremony in Riyadh under the patronage of the Saudi Minister of Health Dr. Hamad Bin Abdullah Al Maneh.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been successfully implementing a polio eradication program since 1989 with vaccination coverage of over 95% of children born every year and no indigenous wild polio cases since 1995.

Sanofi pasteur is the main provider...

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