Company
Novartis
Official Name: Novartis AG
Headquarters: Basel, Switzerland
Founded: March 1996
Employees: 104,323
Market Cap
CHF180.99 Billion
CHF as of July 1, 2023
US$202.28 Billion
Company Description
Novartis AG is a global healthcare company that researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products. It operates through two segments: Innovative Medicines, offering prescription drugs across various therapeutic areas, and Sandoz, which develops, manufactures, and markets finished dosage form medicines, and provides active pharmaceutical ingredients, biosimilars, and biotechnology manufacturing services. Novartis collaborates with various entities to enhance its product offerings.
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Industry: Drug Manufacturers—General
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Detailed Description
Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. The Innovative Medicines segment offers prescription medicines for patients and healthcare providers. It also provides ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, hepatology, dermatology, respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, and metabolism medicine products. The Sandoz segment develops, manufactures, and markets finished dosage form medicines; active ingredients and finished dosage forms of small molecule pharmaceuticals to third parties; and retail generics and anti-infectives. It also provides active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates primarily antibiotics; protein- or other biotechnology-based products, including biosimilars; and biotechnology manufacturing services. Novartis AG has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize inclisiran; and a clinical collaboration with Kura Oncology, Inc. to evaluate the combination of Tipifarnib and Alpelisib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.
Stocks & Indices
Novartis AG has the following listings and related stock indices.
Stock: SIX: NOVN
Stock: NYSE: NVS
Stock: BCBA: NVS
Stock: Bovespa: N1VS34
Stock: FSX: NOTA
Stock: OTC: NVSEF
Stock: SIX: NOVNEE
Product & Services
Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Prescription Medicines, Ophthalmology, Neuroscience, Immunology, Hepatology, Dermatology, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Renal and Metabolism Medicine, Generics, Biosimilars, Biotechnology Manufacturing Services
Key People
Founder(s): Johann Rudolf Alexander Clavel
Vasant Narasimhan (CEO)
Financials
Revenue: US$49.89 billion (2020)
Operating income: US$10.15 billion (2020)
Net income: US$8.07 billion (2020)
Total assets: US$132.06 billion (2020)
Total equity: US$56.67 billion (2020)