0001193125-12-416202.txt : 20121211 0001193125-12-416202.hdr.sgml : 20121211 20121005101324 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-416202 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20121005 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sanofi CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001121404 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834] IRS NUMBER: 133529324 STATE OF INCORPORATION: I0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 54 RUE LA BOETIE CITY: PARIS STATE: I0 ZIP: 75008 BUSINESS PHONE: 33153774400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 54 RUE LA BOETIE CITY: PARIS STATE: I0 ZIP: 75008 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SANOFI-AVENTIS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040826 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SANOFI SYNTHELABO SA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010104 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Corresp

LOGO

 

  

Ms Sasha Parikh

Staff Accountant

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

VIA EDGAR AND FEDERAL EXPRESS

 

   October 4, 2012

Re: Sanofi

Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2011

Filed March 6, 2012

File No. 001-31368

Dear Ms Parikh,

This is a follow up to your letter dated September 21, 2012 addressed to Mr. Christopher Viehbacher, Chief Executive Officer of Sanofi.

This letter is to confirm that Sanofi is in the process of gathering information responsive to the Staff’s aforementioned comment letter and intends to respond to the comment letter no later than October 19, 2012.

Please do not hesitate to contact John Felitti at 011 + 33 1 53 77 48 96 if you have any questions.

Very truly yours,

 

Laurent Gilhodes
Vice President, Group Accounting & Asset Valuation

 

cc: Jérôme Contamine, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

John Felitti, Associate Vice-President, Corporate Law, Finance & Securities Law

54, rue La Boétie, 75414 Paris Cedex 8, France - Tél. : +33 (0)1.53.77.40.00 - Fax : +33 (0)1.53.77.41.33 - www.sanofi.com

SANOFI - Siège social : 54, rue La Boétie, 75008 Paris, France - S.A. au capital de 2 681 837 622 € - 395 030 844 R.C.S. Paris - Code APE 7010 Z - N° intracommunautaire : FR 88395030844

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