Just How Much Is Sanofi Aventis Offering for Genzyme?

Just after Genzyme announced that it signed a confidentiality agreement with Sanofi Aventis to allow the French drugmaker to examine its books, leaks about the potential deal started pouring out. The numbers and details vary, s…

Sanofi-Aventis Launches Hostile Bid for Genzyme

After months of courting U.S. drugmaker Genzyme, French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis launched a hostile bid valued at approximately $18.5 billion, or $69 a share, for all outstanding shares of Genzyme common stock.
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