This company is just about a year old product of a merger of two big drug companys. I've been following it for a couple of months and its been a steady preformer. Here's a snapshot from the motley fool website:
Novartis AG
OTC: NVTSY
novartis.com
Lichtstrasse 35
CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
Ph: 011-41-61-324-111
Fx: 011-41-61-324-330
Novartis, the product of the 1996 merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz, is the world's #1 maker of generic drugs and pharmaceuticals (edging out perennial leader Glaxo Wellcome). Its pharmaceutical division also includes over-the-counter products and contact lenses, lens care products, and ophthalmic medications. The company's agribusiness division is the world's #1 producer of herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides for crop protection; it also produces parasite-control products and medicines for pets and farm animals, and seeds for hardier, higher-yield crops. Novartis is one of the world's largest providers of medical nutrition products, and it also makes baby food (Gerber, #1 in US) and health and dietetic products. |
