Basel, April 23, 2015 – Commenting on the results, Joseph Jimenez, CEO of Novartis, said: “Our focus on execution has resulted in a strong operational performance. We have completed the GSK and Lilly transactions and innovation continues to be strong. We had three approvals in Oncology, FDA priority review for LCZ696, Zarxio became the first biosimilar approved under the new pathway in the US and we launched Cosentyx globally. We are on track to deliver our full-year guidance.”

 

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