meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . september 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message aventis pharma limited type public company traded as bse 500674 nse aventis industry pharmaceuticals founded may 1956 headquarters mumbai india key people dr. shailesh ayyangar md 1 products prescription and over the counter drugs for thrombosis cardiovascular disease diabetes central nervous system disorders oncology and internal medicine vaccines list ... revenue 10 855.0 million us 160 million 2009 2010 number of employees 1 840 2010 2 website www.aventispharmaindia.com aventis pharma limited headquartered in mumbai is a part of sanofi aventis group . 3 sanofi aventis and its wholly owned subsidiary hoechst ag are the major shareholders of aventis pharma limited . its manufacturing portfolio contains medicines for several therapeutic areas including cardiovascular thrombotic metabolic disorders oncology disorders of the central nervous system internal medicine . 4 its primary business is medicines in the dosage forms of liquid injectables tablets capsules ointments drops and syrup . 5 in july 2003 company launched lantus the world s first and only once a day insulin . 6 history edit aventis pharma limited was incorporated in may 1956 under the name hoechst fedco pharma private limited . 7 over the years its name was changed to hoechst pharmaceuticals private limited hoechst india limited and hoechst marion roussel limited . as of august 2012 it is part of sanofi . references edit aventis pharma launches solostar express pharma . expresspharmaonline.com . 31 may 2008 . retrieved 2010 07 27 . french http www.sanofi aventis.in live in en layout.jsp scat f7f471eb 699b 49c8 9f92 857859e6b69a aventis pharma . business.mapsofindia.com . 31 march 2007 . retrieved 2010 07 27 . business opportunities maharashtra page 51 pdf . www.ibef.org . archived pdf from the original on 16 august 2010 . retrieved 2010 07 27 . top 500 companies 2009 pdf . www.dnb.co.in . retrieved 2010 07 27 . aventis pharma ltd background details about company profile . indiainfoline.com . retrieved 2010 07 27 . sanofi aventis plans rural push under hoechst brand . financialexpress.com . 11 december 2009 . retrieved 2010 07 27 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aventis pharma & oldid 739203213 categories companies based in mumbaipharmaceutical companies of indiacompanies based in maharashtrapharmaceutical companies established in 1956hidden categories articles with french language external linksuse british english from march 2013use dmy dates from march 2013articles needing cleanup from september 2010all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from september 2010wikipedia pages needing cleanup from september 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 10 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view