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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]
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.
Novartis is the world's first largest in life sciences and agribusiness markets. [6] It is also the second-largest pharmaceutical company by market cap in 2019. [127] Alcon: At the time Novartis bought Alcon, they had annual sales of $6.5 billion and a net income of $2 billion. [128]
Novartis plans to spin off its Alcon eye care business to shareholders and buy back up to $5 billion in stock as Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan refocuses the Swiss group on prescription drugs.
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. Before this, the company existed as an independent pharmaceutical manufacturer until ...
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 ...
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 ...
Contents. Life sciences industry in Switzerland. The life sciences industry in Switzerland directly and indirectly employs about 135,000 people. [ 1 ] It contributes 5.7% of the gross domestic product of Switzerland and 30% of the country's exports. [ 1 ] In 2017 about 30% of Swiss exports (worth $84.8 billion) were chemical products. [ 2 ]