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As a global healthcare leader, our mission is to discover, develop and successfully market innovative products to prevent and cure diseases, ease suffering and enhance quality of life.
With our headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, we employ approximately 100,000 people worldwide and operate in over 140 countries.
In Australia the Novartis group of companies includes:
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals (prescription medicines)
- Sandoz (generic medicines)
- Consumer Health (over-the-counter medicines, Animal Health, Ciba Vision)
- Vaccines and Diagnostics
We employ over 600 people in Australia and invest AUD $30million annually in local research. This research not only assures the quality of the company's current range of treatments, but also secures the promise of improving future health outcomes.
Our largest division, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, researches and supplies a broad range of innovative prescription medicines to treat patients in general practice, specialist practice and hospitals.
The products of Novartis Pharmaceuticals treat some of the most serious conditions confronting healthcare professionals and their patients in Cardiovascular Disease, Oncology, Immunology, Infectious Disease and Ophthalmics.
Novartis also has the strongest product pipeline in the pharmaceutical industry with 29 launches planned over the next five years.
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ABOUT NOVARTIS
On March 7th, 1996 Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy, the two Swiss-based chemical/life sciences giants, became Novartis.

