Abstract
Novartis was created in 1996 from the merger of the Swiss companies, Ciba and
Sandoz. This report provides a full review of the company's activities
together with sales forecasts for key products to 2010.
Following the merger of Ciba and Sandoz, the spin-off of the Agribusiness
sector and the sale of the remaining activities of the Industry division,
Novartis has become a leading company in the life sciences field. Novartis is
currently organised into the three divisions of Pharmaceuticals, Consumer
Health and Sandoz. A fourth division, Vaccines & Diagnostics, will be created
after the acquisition of Chiron Corporation.
Current Growth Drivers
These include: Diovan (valsartan), Glivec/Gleevec (imatinib), Zelmac/Zelnorm
(tegaserod), Femara (letrozole) and Zometa (zoledronate).
Key Late-Phase Products Reaching the Market
- Lucentis (ranibizumab) is currently filed for age-related macular
degeneration.
- Two cardiovascular products currently filed have the potential to become
mega-blockbusters: Rasilez (aliskiren) for the treatment of hypertension; and
Galvus (vildagliptin), indicated for Type II diabetes.
Table of Contents
Principal Operating Results
Latest Results
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Introduction
- Current Growth Drivers
- Key Late-Phase Products Reaching the Market
- Key Late-Stage Products
- Financial Performance 2005
- Sales and Market Position
- Income
- Expenditure
- Capital Expenditure
- Capital Expenditure By Business Area
- Capital Expenditure By Geographical Area
- R&D Expenditure
- Research And Development Expenditure By Business Area
- Divisional Performance
- Sales By Business Area
- Operating Income By Business Area
- Geographic Performance
- Operating Income By Geographical Area
- Total Assets By Destination
- Sales By Destination
- Company Strategy
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures
- Key Agreements
- Employees
- Employees By Business Area (Year End)
- Employees By Geographical Area (Year End)
- Product / R&D Overview
- Key Products
- Recent Product Launches
- Recent Product Approvals
- R&D Strategy
- R&D Pipeline Overview
- Discontinued R&D projects
- Sales Forecasts
- Conclusions
PRODUCT PORTFOLIO / RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
- R&D Pipeline
- Cardiovascular - Products
- Major Launched Products
- Diovan/Co-Diovan
- Mode of Action
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Licensees
- Competitor Products
- Sales Forecast
- Clinical Trial Results - Val-HeFT trial
- VALIANT trial
- VALUE trial
- Lescol
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Patents/Licensees
- Competitor Products
- Sales Forecast
- Lotrel
- Mode of Action
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Competitor Products
- Sales Forecast
- Cardiovascular and Metabolism - R&D
- APP018
- Exforge
- Galvus
- Mode of Action
- Development Status
- Clinical Trial Results
- LBM642
- Rasilez
- Mode of Action
- Development Status
- Clinical Trial Results
- VNP489
- Cardiovascular and Metabolism - Summary
- Oncology / Haematology - Products
- Major Launched Products
- Exjade
- Femara
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Sales Forecast
- Clinical Trial Results
- Glivec/Gleevec
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Competitor Products
- Generic competition
- Sales Forecast
- Clinical Trial Results - CML
- Clinical Trial Results - GIST
- Clinical Trial Results - ALL
- Clinical Trial Results - HES
- Sandostatin
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications/Formulations
- Further Development
- Generic Competition
- Sales Forecast
- Zometa/Aclasta
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Safety Issues
- Sales Forecast
- Clinical Trial Results - Paget's Disease
- Oncology / Hematology - R&D
- AEE788
- ABJ879
- Gimatecan (LBQ707)
- LBH589
- Tasigna
- Midostaurin
- Pasireotide (SOM230)
- Patupilone
- Vatalanib (PTK787)
- Development Status
- Clinical Trial Results
- Oncology / Haematology - Summary
- Growth Potential
- Limiting Factors
- Rheumatology, Bone and Hormone Replacement Therapy - Products
- Major Launched Products
- Miacalcic/Miacalcin
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications/Formulations
- Further Development
- Generic Competition
- Competitor Products
- Sales Forecast
- Rheumatology, Bone and Hormone Replacement Therapy - R&D
- Rheumatology Bone and Hormone Replacement Therapy - Summary
- Central Nervous System - Products
- Major Launched Products
- Comtan
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Exelon
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Sales Forecast
- Clinical Trial Results
- Focalin
- Ritalin
- Competitor Products
- Lawsuits
- Generic Competition
- Clinical Trial Results - Ritalin LA versus Concerta
- Stalevo
- Tegretol
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Generic Competition
- Sales Forecast
- Trileptal
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Safety Issues
- Sales Forecast
- Central Nervous System - R&D
- Fingolimod
- Licarbazepine (LIC477)
- SAB378
- Valdoxan
- XBD173 (AC-5216)
- Central Nervous System - Summary
- Respiratory / Dermatology - Products
- Elidel
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Safety Issues
- Competitor Products
- Sales Forecast
- Foradil
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Safety Issues
- Further Development
- Competitor Products
- Lamisil
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Competitor Products
- Generic Competition
- Sales Forecast
- Xolair
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further development
- Clinical Trial Results
- Respiratory / Dermatology- R&D
- Respiratory / Dermatology - Summary
- Autoimmunity & Transplantation - Products
- Major Launched Products
- Certican
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Lawsuit
- Clinical Trial Results
- Everolimus versus azathioprine
- Everolimus versus MMF
- Sandimmun/Neoral
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Patents/Generic Competition/Lawsuits
- Sales Forecast
- Autoimmunity & Transplantation / Immunology R&D
- Autoimmunity & Transplantation - Summary
- Ophthalmics - Products
- Major Launched Products
- Visudyne
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Lawsuits
- Sales Forecast
- Ophthalmics - R&D
- Lucentis
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Clinical Trial Results
- Rebamipide
- Ophthalmics - Summary
- Gastrointestinal - Products
- Major Launched Products
- Zelmac/Zelnorm (HTF919)
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Further Development
- Sales Forecast
- Gastrointestinal - R&D
- Gastrointestinal - Summary
- Infectious Diseases - Products
- Major Launched Products
- Famvir/Denavir
- Mode of Action
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications
- Patents
- Sales Forecast
- Voltaren/Cataflam
- Sales
- Key Markets/Indications/Formulations
- Further Development
- Generic Competition
- Sales Forecast
- Infectious Diseases - R&D
- ANA975
- RSV604
- Sebivo
- VAG624
- Valopicitabine
- Valtorcitabine
- Infectious Diseases - Summary
APPENDIX 1 - FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
APPENDIX 2 - KEY AGREE MENTS
- Accelrys Inc/Pharmacopeia Inc
- 3rd October 1995
- 9th January 2003
- Ablynx
- Ajinomoto Co Inc
- Alfacell Corporation
- Allergan
- 18th March 1993
- 19th April 2005
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
- 7th September 2005
- 21st February 2006
- ALZA Corporation
- Anadys Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Arrow Therapeutics Ltd
- Astex Therapeutics Ltd
- AstraZeneca
- Argenta Discovery Ltd
- Avanir Pharmaceuticals Corporation
- Avera Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Avalon Pharmaceuticals
- Barrier Therapeutics
- Bausch & Lomb Inc
- Broad Institute / Harvard University
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- 3rd June 1997
- 28th March 2001
- Britannia Pharmaceuticals Ltd
- Biovail Corporation
- Celgene Corporation
- 26th April 2000
- 18th January 2001
- Cell Genesys Inc
- 23rd July 2003
- August 2004
- Cerimon Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Chiron Corporation
- November 1995
- December 1995
- November 1996
- 22nd April 2003
- 3rd April 2006
- Chugai
- Conor Medsystems Inc
- 15th March 2005
- 16th March 2006
- Cytos Biotechnology AG
- 28th April 2003
- 3rd February 2004
- 14th February 2006
- Cytopia Ltd
- Daiichi Sankyo
- Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma
- Eisai
- Elan Corporation plc
- Emisphere Technologies Inc
- February 2000
- February 2000
- 1st December 2004
- 23rd September 2004
- 9th January 2006
- March 2006
- ESBATech AG
- FFF Enterprises Inc
- Galapagos Genomics NV
- Genelabs Technologies
- Human Genome Sciences (HGS)
- Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc
- 9th May 2003
- 29th March 2006
- Immusol Incorporated
- 1st October 2001
- 16th August 2005
- Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc
- 13th February 2003
- 5th January 2005
- 6th March 2006
- Intercell AG
- IVAX Corporation
- Kalobios Inc
- Kowa Company Ltd/Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd
- Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
- Meda AB
- Medivir AB
- Merck KGaA
- Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation
- MorphoSys AG
- 19th May 2004
- 8th August 2005
- Myogen Inc
- 13th October 2003
- 26th May 2005
- Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Ono Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
- Orion Corporation
- February 1996 agreement
- Otsuka
- 12th January 1999
- 7th February 2005
- PDL BioPharma Inc
- April 1993
- 11th July 2002
- QLT Inc
- 6th February 1995
- 4th April 1995
- 17th April 2000
- 30th October 2000
- 23rd July 2003
- Reliant Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Saegis Pharmaceuticals Inc
- sanofi-aventis
- February 1994
- 12th September 1997
- 29th June 1998
- 5th October 1999
- 6th November 2000
- Schering AG
- Schering-Plough
- 10th April 2003
- 30th October 2002
- Scripps Research Institute
- December 1992
- Senju Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
- Servier
- Sigma-Tau
- SGX Pharmaceuticals Inc
- SkyePharma PLC
- 17th November 1998
- 2nd December 2003
- Tanabe Seiyaku Co Ltd
- In July 1993
- 18th October 2002
- Tanox Biosystems Inc/Genentech Inc
- 15th May 1990
- 25th June 2003
- 26th February 2004
- 23rd January 2006
- Valley Forge Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Vectura Group plc/Arakis Ltd
- Vernalis plc
- 19th December 2003
- 9th August 2004
- 19th December 2005
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
- 9th May 2000
- 3rd February 2004
- 10th November 2004
- Vicuron Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc
- Xenogen Corporation
- 28th January 1999
- 1st August 2000
- 7th December 2005
APPENDIX 3 - INFRASTRUCTURE
- Research and Development Facilities
- Major Research & Development Facilities
- Manufacturing Facilities
- Major Production Facilities
APPENDIX 4 - KEY PHARMACEUTICAL SUBSIDIARIES / JOINT VENTURES
- Subsidiaries
- Joint Ventures
APPENDIX 5 - PRODUCT INDEX