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Alcon is a public company that produces ophthalmic products, such as contact lenses, surgical devices and pharmaceuticals. It was founded in 1945 in Texas, USA, and became a subsidiary of Novartis in 2010, before spinning off in 2019.
Taxpayers are expected to save billions after the Biden administration inked deals with pharmaceutical companies to knock down the lists prices for 10 of Medicare’s costliest drugs. After months ...
Shares of Novartis (NVS) soared higher on Wednesday, after the Swiss drug maker finally obtained the remaining outstanding shares of Alcon (ACL) for $12.9 billion. Novartis had been trying to gain ...
Novartis is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, formed in 1996 by the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz. Ciba-Geigy was a result of the 1970 merger of two Swiss dye manufacturers, CIBA and Geigy, and had a history of producing chemicals, agrochemicals, and drugs.
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.
PACE is a comprehensive health care program for frail and elderly adults who are eligible for nursing home care. It is funded by Medicare and Medicaid and coordinated by the National PACE Association (NPA).
The Retiree Drug Subsidy Program is a program offered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to reimburse health plan sponsors (municipalities, unions and private employers) for a portion of their eligible expenses for retiree prescription drug benefits.
More than two years after beginning the acquisition process, Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis (NVS) said Thursday that it has finally completed the purchase of a 77% majority stake in U.S ...