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Video stories
Our focus is on patients — they are the reason for what we do. During 2009 medicines and vaccines from Novartis were used to treat and protect more than 930 million people worldwide, according to internal estimates.
Hear some of their stories.
Healthcare trends

Major trends are changing patients, diseases and healthcare – and this affects your health.
Company history

Novartis was created in 1996 through the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz.