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‘US First’ Policy To Boost Growth

Having finally confirmed the Sandoz spin-off, Novartis will become a 'pure play' pharma company and focus on picking bigger blockbuster winners from both internal and external pipelines. CEO Vas Narasimhan talked details at an investor day in Basel.

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Novartis is shifting much of its clinical trial and commercial focus towards a 'US-first' approach to boost sales in the world's biggest market. • Source: Shutterstock

Novartis has put some flesh on the bones of its strategy to develop and commercialize more multi-billion dollar blockbuster medicines, especially by improving its performance in the all-important US market. 

During a day-long investor meeting at its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, CEO Vas Narasimhan and a much changed leadership team...

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