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On July 8, 2010, Alcon's independent director committee (IDC) had set up a $50 million litigation trust to ensure company's minority shareholders get the best deal from bidder Novartis AG. [15] On April 9, 2019, Alcon completed a 100% spin-off from Novartis. [4] [16] [17] The new standalone company is worth up to 28 billion Swiss francs. [18]
By John Miller ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss eyecare company Alcon made its debut on the SIX Swiss Exchange on Tuesday with a market capitalisation of more than $25 billion after a shareholder spin-off ...
Shares in Novartis were up 4.1 percent by 1540 GMT as investors welcomed the news. Alcon, a legacy from former Novartis boss Daniel Vasella's empire building, has been problematic since Novartis ...
Wednesday, Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) released topline results from twice-yearly Leqvio (inclisiran) in the Phase 3 V-MONO study, which met its primary endpoints. V-MONO is part of the 60,000-patient ...
Alcon: At the time Novartis bought Alcon, they had annual sales of $6.5 billion and a net income of $2 billion. [128] In April 2019, Novartis completed the spin-off of Alcon as a separate commercial entity. [73] Sandoz: As of 2013, Sandoz has been recognized as the world's second-largest generic drug company.
Sandoz Group AG is a Swiss company that focuses on generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars. [4] Prior to October 2023, it was part of a division of Novartis that was established in 2003, when Novartis united all of its generics businesses under the name Sandoz.
The total cost to Novartis for the 77% stake in Alcon was $38.7 billion ($168 per share). In the deal's first phase, Novartis acquired a 25% stake in Alcon from Nestlé for $10.4 billion in July 2008.
On July 15, 2014, Google announced a partnership with Novartis' Alcon unit to develop the glucose-sensing smart contact lens. [ 7 ] On November 16, 2018, Verily announced it had discontinued the project because of the lack of correlation between tear glucose and blood glucose.