Investors cool on Aventis birth


03 December 1998


Investors cool on Aventis birth


FRENCH investors have given a cool reception to the birth of Aventis, the merger of Hoechst and Rhone-Poulenc.

The companies announced this week they were combining their pharmaceuticals and agro-chemicals businesses to create the worlds biggest life sciences company.

Rhone-Poulencs shares have fallen in Paris.

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