Novartis highlights company transformation, catalyst-rich pipeline, and strong progress on strategy at Meet Novartis Management investor event - Seite 3

In closing, Group management reiterates the overall strategy to become a leading medicines company powered by advanced therapy platforms and data science. Novartis is building depth across the core therapeutic areas by advancing a highly productive and valuable pipeline. There is a clear path to expand margins through acceleration of key growth drivers, together with productivity efforts in NTO and NBS. Novartis remains disciplined and shareholder-focused in its capital allocation, including maintaining a strong and growing dividend and doing value-creating bolt-on deals. We are focused on building lasting trust with society, we are ranked #2 on the access to medicines index and we are committed to addressing global health challenges including malaria, leprosy and sickle cell. Our culture is transforming to become inspired, curious and unbossed. Novartis management is focused on driving its strategy and sustainable growth.

[1] The brand name Zolgensma has been provisionally approved by the FDA for the investigational product AVXS-101 (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi), but the product itself has not received marketing authorization or BLA approval from any regulatory authorities.   

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The background slide decks will be available on Thursday May 23, 2019 at 7am EST.

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