Sanofi starts work on $95 million Algerian plant, biggest in Africa

PARIS | Thu Sep 26, 2013 7:43am EDT

PARIS (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi has started construction of a new 70 million-euro ($95 million) plant in Algeria that will be its largest industrial site in Africa, the company said on Thursday.

Sanofi, the international drug company with the biggest sales in Africa, already has two other manufacturing sites in Algeria and Chief Executive Chris Viehbacher described Africa earlier this year as "an extremely interesting market".

With new opportunities opening up for treating chronic diseases afflicting Africa's middle classes, rather than just fire-fighting infections, the region is attracting growing attention from European drug firms like Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline.

According to forecasts by pharmaceuticals consultancy IMS Health, medicine spending in Africa is expected to reach $30 billion by 2016, driven by an annual growth rate of more than 10 percent.

(Reporting by Ben Hirschler; Editing by Greg Mahlich)

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UvaTalen starts evening courses in 10 languages in Amsterdam

The Language school "UvaTalen" starts evening courses in 10 languages in Amsterdam at the beginning of April 2012.  A record number of different courses - in no less than ten different languages - start in the first week of April 2012.

In last 10 years group language courses of UvaTalen have proved a great success among people wanted to improve their language skills quickly. Each group course lasts  10 weeks, and the time is used to the full to achieve substantial results. Many students, attended the courses in recent years, have been suprised at how rapidly they were able to make remarkable improvements in mastering of a language.

If you are interested to follow group courses in Amsterdam please send an email to trainers@uvatalen.nl for information on the 2012 Programme. But don't wait too long: we're doing a roaring trade and places in our small classes are limited!

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