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Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and the Institut Pasteur announced the creation of the Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Awards to encourage scientific excellence in the service of health. Four hundred and eighty thousand euro (480,000 €) will support four innovative research projects demonstrating real progress in the life sciences and providing answers to major healthcare problems, more specifically in four fields: neglected tropical diseases, vaccine innovation, drug resistance, and therapeutic approaches to ageing and regenerative medicine.

The jury is composed of seven prestigious members: Prof. Peter C. Agre, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2003, Prof. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, University of California, San Francisco, Nobel Prize in Medicine 2009, Prof. Pascale Cossart, Head of the Bacteria-Cell Interactions Unit, Institut Pasteur, Prof. Alice Dautry, President of the Institut Pasteur, Prof. Depei Liu, Vice President of the Academy of Engineering of China and President of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Peking Union Medical College, Dr Robert Sebbag, Vice President, Access to Medicines, Sanofi, and Dr Elias Zerhouni, President, Global R&D, Sanofi.

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