Novartis AG (SWX:NOVN)
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98.15
+1.49 (1.54%)
Feb 21, 2025, 5:31 PM CET

Novartis AG Company Description

Novartis AG engages in the research, development, manufacture, distribution, marketing, and sale of pharmaceutical medicines in Switzerland and internationally.

The company offers Entresto, an angiotensin receptorneprilysin inhibitor for the treatment of symptomatic chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF); Cosentyx to treat plaque psoriasis, pso riatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and nonradiographic axial spondy loarthritis; Kisqali, a selective oral cyclin dependent inhibitor of kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6); Promacta/Revolade to treat immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), thrombocytopenia, and patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA); Tafinlar+Mekinist, an oral combination therapy to treat patients with certain types of cancers; and Jakavi for the treatment of myelofibrosis, polycythemia vera, and acute or chronic graftversushost disease (GvHD).

It also provides Tasigna to treat philadelphia chromosomepositive chronic myeloid leukemia in the chronic and/or accelerated phase; Xolair for the treatment of allergic asthma and nasal polyps or severe chronic rhinosi nusitis with nasal polyps; Ilaris to treat fever syndromes, Still’s disease, and acute gouty arthritis; Pluvicto to treat prostatespecific membrane anti genpositive metastatic castrationresistant prostate cancer; Sandostatin SC and Sandostatin LAR to treat acromegaly carcinoid tumors and other types of functional gastro intestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; Zolgensma for the treatment of genetic root cause of spinal muscular atrophy; Lucentis; Leqvio to reduce LDL cholesterol; Lutathera; Scemblix; and Fabhalta.

The company focuses on therapeutic areas, such as cardiovascular, renal and metabolic, immunology, neuroscience, oncology, and hematology.

It has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to develop, manufacture, and commercialize Leqvio (inclisiran), a therapy to reduce LDL cholesterol.

Novartis AG was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Novartis AG
Novartis AG logo
Country Switzerland
Founded 1996
Industry Drug Manufacturers - General
Sector Healthcare
Employees 75,883
CEO Vasant Narasimhan

Contact Details

Address:
Lichtstrasse 35
Basel, 4056
Switzerland
Phone 41 61 324 11 11
Website novartis.com

Stock Details

Ticker Symbol NOVN
Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange
Stock Type Common Stock
Fiscal Year January - December
Reporting Currency USD
ISIN Number CH0012005267
SIC Code 2834

Key Executives

Name Position
Dr. Vasant Narasimhan M.D. Chief Executive Officer
Harry Kirsch Chief Financial Officer
Victor Bulto President of US
Dr. Patrick Horber M.D. President of International
Dr. Steffen Lang Ph.D. President of Operations
Paul Penepent Head of Group Financial Reporting and Accounting
Sloan Simpson Global Head of Investor Relations
Dr. Klaus Moosmayer Ph.D. Chief Ethics, Risk and Compliance Officer
Karen L. Hale Chief Legal Officer
Dr. Robert Kowalski Pharm.D. Chief People and Organization Officer