Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) has announced the launch of sanofi-aventis TV, a new webTV aimed at providing information about the company's wide range of patient-focused businesses, social responsibilities, and employee activities. The site will also provide perspectives on the company's mission and strategic directions.

"As part of the company's overall goal to increase transparency and understanding of its operations inside and outside its walls, sanofi-aventis TV will be a continually updated source of interactive information," said Christopher A. Viebacher, Chief Executive Officer of sanofi-aventis. "This new means of communication is another example of the transformation process underway within sanofi-aventis," he added.

Available to everyone on the internet, sanofi-aventis TV is a new window onto the life of the company, its activities and commitments in all countries where the Group is present.

Through short, regularly updated videos, sanofi-aventis TV offers a wide variety of programmes and formats - interviews, profiles, reports - for its different audiences, including patients, healthcare professionals, Group employees, medias, financial analysts, and shareholders.

Sanofi-aventis TV, 6 themed channels are accessible at www.sanofi-aventis.tv

About sanofi-aventis
Sanofi-aventis, a leading global pharmaceutical company, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions to improve the lives of everyone. Sanofi-aventis is listed in Paris (EURONEXT: SAN) and in New York (NYSE: SNY).