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| | Corpus Christi Online - / Hoechst, Rhone-Poulenc plan merger |
 | | PARIS - Hoechst of Germany and France's Rhone-Poulenc are merging their pharmaceutical operations in a deal that will create an international drug giant rivaling world leaders Merck and Glaxo Wellcome. |
 | | Hoechst and Rhone-Poulenc's combined life sciences company, to be called Aventis, will have about $20 billion in annual sales, spanning pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals and animal health products, the companies said Tuesday, outlining their long-rumored merger plans. |
 | | Hoechst Group, a subsidiary of Hoechst AG, manufactures commodity chemicals and Ticona engineered plastics at its Bishop plant. |
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