** Shares in French Biomerieux BIOX.PA fall around 3%, to their lowest since mid-October, after the medical supplier missed Q3 sales expectations, and cut its full-year sales growth target
** The company says it now expects annual revenues to grow by between 5.5%-6.5%, against 6%-7.5% guided earlier
** The firm also reported weaker-than-expected Q3 sales standing at 948 million euros ($1.11 billion), with traders from HSBC expecting the shares to fall 2%-3% due to the miss
** The analysts polled by the company expected the revenues in the quarter to come in at 975 million euros
** Up to the previous session's close, shares were up 7.1% YTD
($1 = 0.8575 euros)
(Reporting by Mateusz Rabiega)
((Mateusz.rabiega@thomsonreuters.com))