UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of October 2008
Commission File Number: 001-31368
SANOFI-AVENTIS
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
174, avenue de France, 75013 Paris, FRANCE
(Address of principal executive offices)
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In October 2008, sanofi-aventis issued the press releases attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2, which are incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibit List
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| Exhibit 99.1 |
Press release dated October 29, 2008: FDA approves rapid-acting insulin Apidra® for treatment of children with diabetes. | |
| Exhibit 99.2 |
Press release dated October 31, 2008: Third Quarter Results Announcement. | |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: October 31, 2008 |
SANOFI-AVENTIS | |||||
| By |
/S/ Patricia Kodyra | |||||
| Name: |
Patricia Kodyra | |||||
| Title: |
Associate Vice President, | |||||
| Corporate Law, Financial and Securities Law | ||||||
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Exhibit Index
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| Exhibit 99.1 |
Press release dated October 29, 2008: FDA approves rapid-acting insulin Apidra® for treatment of children with diabetes. | |
| Exhibit 99.2 |
Press release dated October 31, 2008: Third Quarter Results Announcement. | |
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