Sanofi-Aventis' WISE program gets recognition from HBA

FAIRFIELD, N.J. The Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association has given the U.S. subsidiary of French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis its 2010 HBA ACE Award for building women’s leadership in the company, the HBA said Thursday.

Sanofi-Aventis US won the award for its Women Inspiring Sanofi-Aventis Excellence, or WISE, program. WISE is an internal women’s network with more than 1,000 members designed to foster the leadership development of women working for the company. It has borrowed heavily from the HBA’s "Empowerment, Diversity, Growth, Excellence Leadership" study, conducted in 2007.

“The WISE program clearly demonstrates Sanofi-Aventis’ commitment to fostering the personal and professional leadership development of Sanofi-Aventis US women, which will have a direct impact on leadership in the healthcare industry overall,” HBA president Susan Torroella said. “We are proud that the ACE Award is recognizing this effort.”