On 24 June 2005, a group of executives from Sanofi Pasteur: Mr. Jim Tartaglia (Sanofi Pasteur, Canada), Mr. Claude Meric (Sanofi Pasteur, France) and Mr. Pierre Frezal (Government Pharmaceutical Organization-Merieux Biological Products Co., Ltd., Thailand: GPO-MBP), paid a visit to BIOTEC at Thailand Science Park. The group was welcomed by Dr. Prasit  Palittapongarnpim, Deputy Director of BOTEC, and visited BIOTEC’s Central Research Unit.

Sanofi Pasteur is the vaccine division of the Sanofi-Aventis Group committed to the protection and improvement of human health by creating superior immunological products for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and cancers. Sanofi Pasteur has four major production sites in France, the US and Canada.  Over the past few years, the company has also developed new production sites in China, Thailand, and Argentina.