Novartis

Novartis () is a pharmaceutical group Suisse which was created in 1996 by fusion of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz and whose head office is with Basle, in Suisse.

Activity

Novartis is the 5th pharmaceutical group in the world, the 2nd producer of generic medicines.

History

The LSD in 1947

Sandoz is known developed in 1938 the LSD, drug of synthesis, marketed as a psychiatric drug of 1947 to the beginning of the year 1960, under the name of Delysid .

8 years of reorganization

Since the years 1996, the structure changed to be from now on dedicated to health. The activities of agrochemicals and nutrition were yielded. Many manufacturers of drugs were integrated, among which: Durascan, Sabex, Hexal, Eon Labs Lek, Lagap and Chiron.

Patents

devotes a big part of its budget to research. This effort enables him to have in catalog a great number of patented products.

Lawsuit against the Indian State

Novartis carried felt sorry for on August 7th, 2006 against India about one of its anti-cancer, the Glivec. India refused to patent an improved formula of it, which would authorize in fact the manufacture of credits of this product. Doctors without borders fears that a victory of the laboratory does not create “a medical situation of Apartheid” . ONG launched a petition requiring of the laboratory to withdraw its complaint. Novartis answers on its Internet site which it is not absolutely necessary to safeguard the principle of the intellectual property, and precise: “In India, 99% of the patients who receive from Glivec receive it free from Novartis” . The lawsuit opens on January 29th, 2007 before the High Court of justice of Madras.

In August 2007, High Court of justice of Chennai rejete the request of the Novartis laboratory

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