Sanofi Reports 4Q08 Annualized Lovenox Sales of $3.8B
[The sales figures are in Euros, Sanofi’s reporting currency, and the growth rates are in constant local currencies, which is a way to track the growth in volume and price irrespective of currency swings. (Sanofi does not report quarter-over-quarter growth in local currencies, and hence meaningful quarter-over-quarter numbers are hard to come by.) Note: the sales figures below are annualized, i.e. they are 4x the 4Q08 numbers. ]
Worldwide Lovenox sales rose 8% year-over-year to an annualized rate of €3.0B, which is $3.8B at the current exchange rate. The breakdown by geography is as follows:
US: €1.79B (60% of total), +7 YoY, EU: €884M (30% of total), +11% YoY RoW: €324M (11% of total), +8% YoY === Total: €3.00B, +8% YoY