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Strong Refining Margins Boost Total Q3

31.10.2012 - French oil company Total reported a 20% rise in third-quarter net adjusted profit to €.348 billion on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations thanks to a sharp increase in...

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Union Calls on Total Refining Workers to Join Nov. 5 Strike

27.10.2012 - Total refinery workers will join a sector strike next month against the possible liquidation of the former Petroplus refinery in northern France, the French major's union...

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Sanofi to Unveil Plans for French Research Shake-up

24.09.2012 - French drugmaker Sanofi will reveal on Tuesday how it plans to shake up its French research operations in a cost-cutting drive which unions predict could mean up to 2,500 layoffs...

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Drugmakers Brace for More Pain, Some Gain in France

18.07.2012 - Lower prices, higher taxes and fewer drugs paid for by the state could be the new regime for France's pharmaceutical industry when the government details plans in September for €2...

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UIC Cuts 2012 French Chemical Output Forecast

23.03.2012 - French chemical industry association UIC has cut its growth forecast for the country's chemical output next year to 1.8 % from 2.4 %, due to the economic crisis and customers...

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Europe September Crude, Product Stocks Fall

12.10.2010 - Inventories of crude oil and middle distillates, such as diesel and heating fuel, fell in 16 European countries in September, according to data from Euroilstock, which analysts...

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Tracing Pharmaceutical Products

10.08.2010 - On the Jan. 1, the new regulation on the traceability of pharmaceutical products will enter into force across France. In this interview, Valérie Marchand of GS1 France, gives her...

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Sanofi to Invest $200 Million in French Biotech Plants

31.03.2010 - French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis on Wednesday said it would invest €150 million over four years to build up its biotechnology manufacturing capacities in France. The project aims at...