create Aventis. PMC thus became Aventis-Pasteur, a subsidiary of Aventis devoted to vaccines. In 2004, Aventis was acquired by Sanofi. Aventis-Pasteur, the vaccine subsidiary, became Sanofi Pasteur. Today, the Connaught Laboratories' facilities are known as the "Connaught Campus" of Sanofi Pasteur. See also Sanofi Pasteur - global vaccine business and subsidiary of Sanofi; institution resulted from a series of mergers after Pasteur-owned Institut Mérieux acquired Connaught in 1989 (see: History of Diabetes#Privatization and sale to Institut Mérieux) Dalla Lana School of Public Health - present-day incarnation of the intimately connected University of Toronto School of Hygiene, opened in 1927 1 Spadina Crescent - home to Connaught's expanded facilities, 1943-1972 John G. FitzGerald - Director of Connaught Laboratories, 1914-1940 Robert Defries - Director of Connaught Laboratories, 1940-1955 Charles Herbert Best - co-discoverer of insulin; Director of Insulin Division of Connaught Laboratories, 1922–25; Assistant Director of Connaught, 1925-1931; Associate Director of Connaught, 1931-1941 Diphtheria antitoxin - one of Connaught's focus areas of development since inception Insulin (medication) - stabilizing medication for diabetes developed and distributed in Canada/overseas by Connaught Tetanus toxoid - used to vaccinate against tetanus; developed at Connaught during WWII Penicillin - antibiotic; mass-produced for military needs during WWII Heparin - anticoagulant developed for clinical use at Connaught Polio vaccine - co-developed and produced by Connaught in the mid-1900s References Bibliography Bator, Paul A., and Andrew J. Rhodes (1990). Within Reach of Everyone: A History of the University of Toronto School of Hygiene and the Connaught Laboratories, Vol. 1 & 2. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Public Health Association. OCLC 50339533 Defries, Robert D. (1962). The Federal and Provincial Health Services in Canada. Toronto, ON: Canadian Public Health Association. OCLC 1080146361 Defries, Robert D. (1968). The First Forty Years, 1914-1955: Connaught Medical Research Laboratories, University of Toronto. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto. OCLC 977236116 McQuaig, Linda (2019). The Sport and Prey of Capitalists: How the Rich Are Stealing Canada's Public Wealth, Chapter 5. Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press; . External links A History of Connaught Laboratories Artifacts on the subject of Connaught Laboratories in University of Toronto Libraries' insulin digital collection Public health organizations Canadian medical research 1914 establishments in Ontario Vaccine producers Health in Toronto Medical and health organizations based in Ontario History of medicine in Canada