Novartis

Novartis is a pharmaceutical and biotechnology multinational company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. Its core businesses include various patented drugs, consumer health, generics, eye care, and animal health. Novartis was founded in 1996 through the merger of two chemical and pharmaceutical companies based in Basel: Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz. Novartis researches, develops, manufactures, and markets a range of healthcare products worldwide. The company’s innovative medicines division provides patented prescription drugs to improve health outcomes for patients and healthcare providers. The Sandoz segment offers active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished dosage forms in areas such as cardiovascular, central nervous system, dermatology, gastrointestinal and hormone therapies, metabolism, oncology, ophthalmology, pain management, and re-treatment.