As part of the organisational overhaul unveiled in April, Novartis said that the cost cuts would be mainly from removing overlapping structures
The buyback is funded through the $20.7 billion the Swiss drugmaker raised by selling its nearly one-third voting stake in Roche back to its cross-town rival last month
The company is booking a capital gain of about $14 billion on the investment at a time when the cost of acquisitions in pharma have been soaring
Swiss drugmaker Novartis on Tuesday said first-quarter core net income fell 4%
Novartis has licenced global rights to two Molecular Partners antiviral drugs that have potential to treat Covid-19 patients, the two companies said
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis joined rivals Merck, Johnson & Johnson and Roche in predicting the worst of the pandemic may be over for drugmakers, amid signs healthcare systems have learned how to cope with surging infections without shutting down all services.
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It will also pay $51.25 million to resolve charges it funnelled money through three charitable foundations to cover co-payments of Medicare patients so they would purchase its drugs
A vaccine must be widely tested in humans before being administered to hundreds of millions, say experts
Core net income rises to $3.55 billion from $2.8 billion in 2019, against the average analyst forecast in a Refinitiv poll of $3.17 billion
Novartis is donating 130 million hydroxychloroquine doses to support efforts against the epidemic, though the European Union has so far said there is no proof it works.
Malaria, lupus and arthritis drug hydroxychloroquine is under clinical trials, says Novartis.
That is above the average of 404 drug price increases in the first three days of January over the past five years
BioAsia is an annual event in which stakeholders in the lifesciences sector discuss new innovations and explore possibility of business collaborations in the sector
Used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, Zomelis comes under a new class of anti-diabetic drugs known as DPP 4 inhibitors
Basel-based Novartis sees cell and gene therapies eventually contributing about 15% of its revenue
Novartis shares were seen up 0.2%, premarket indicators showed.
Aspen Pharmacare has abandoned its dividend this year and is selling assets to pay down debt after levels moved close to breaching debt covenants
A look at the top 10 brands of Novartis in India shows that mature brands like Voveran and Calcium Sandoz are clocking low single-digit growth
Novartis has said that it learned of the data manipulation on March 14 and alerted the US Food and Drug Administration