Sanofi Tops Pfizer as Number One for Global Pharma Sales

PRNewswire reports, EvaluatePharma Ltd, a leading source for life science sector analysis and the first to supply reliable consensus forecasts of global drug sales, revealed that Sanofi is expected to take the top spot amongst the world''s pharmaceuticals manufacturers in 2012 and hold it through 2016. The French drug maker has raced up the rankings over the last decade largely through M&A activity, with the $20 billion purchase this year of U.S. biotechnology specialist Genzyme, predicted to help win its number one ranking.