NOVARTIS PHARMA GmbH
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Pharmaceutical Sales 2007
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Worldwide: 24,025 million US $
In Germany: 2.8 billion Euro (Novartis Group)
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Product Range
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The range of therapeutic areas includes: cardiovascular diseases, rheumatic diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetes, cancer, bone diseases, diseases of the central nervous system, immunology, dermatology, asthma, ophthalmics, endocrinology and transplantation
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Key Research Areas
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Novartis' research and development spans therapeutic areas including: cardiovascular diseases; metabolism/endocrinology; arthritis/inflammation; bone metabolism; oncology; neurology/psychiatry; dermatology; transplantation/immunology and respiratory diseases.
New approaches to selecting potential targets for medicines, including broad in-vitro biological profiling of compounds will increase the number and quality of early therapeutic drug candidates - and shorten discovery times.
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R&D Expenditure 2007
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Worldwide: 6.4 billion US $
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Employees in the Pharmaceuticals Division
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(12-31-2007)
Worldwide: 98,200
In Germany: 1,900
(All data based on corporate information, as of: 02/2008)
Unless indicated otherwise, data and keywords refer to the company's human therapeutics sector in Germany and to that of its international Group worldwide.