y solid growth of key pharmaceutical brands and vaccines, strong sales in Emerging Markets and recent acquisitions. Multaq has just been launched in the U.S. in July. The strong progression of our earnings has led us to raise our guidance for 2009 to EPS(4) growth of around 10%. Since the beginning of the year, we have launched a new R&D approach to increase innovation, we have strengthened our growth platforms through acquisitions, and we are moving forward with the transformation of our company. Those achievements constitute another step toward our vision of becoming a leading diversified global healthcare company, with a sustainable growth profile by 2013".
(3) Closing expected in Q3 2009 (4) Adjusted EPS excluding selected items, at constant exchange rates and barring major adverse events
2009 second-quarter and first-half net sales
Unless otherwise indicated, all sales growth figures in this press release are stated at constant exchange rates.
In the second quarter of 2009, sanofi-aventis generated net sales of euro 7,438 million, an increase of 11.2% on a reported basis. Exchange rate movements had a favorable effect of 4.7 points, with the appreciation of the U.S. dollar (and to a lesser extent the yen) against the euro more than offsetting the unfavorable effects of some other currencies. At constant exchange rates, and after taking account of changes in structure (in particular the consolidation of Zentiva), net sales rose by 6.5%. Excluding changes in structure and at constant exchange rates, second-quarter net sales growth was 3.7%.
In the first half of 2009, sanofi-aventis posted net sales of euro 14,545 million, an increase of 6.7%. Exchange rate movements, primarily the appreciation of the U.S. dollar against the euro, had a favorable effect of 3.6 points. At constant exchange rates, and after taking account of changes in stru
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