Basel, January 27, 2016 – Novartis delivered strong sales growth and core margin expansion (cc[1]) in 2015; announces plans to accelerate growth at Alcon, streamline Group operations

• Strong growth (cc) in full year sales, core operating income and core EPS[2]
  • Net sales up 5% (cc) and core operating income up 10% (cc)
  • Core operating income margin up 1.3 percentage points (cc)
  • Operating income (-2% cc) down mainly due to amortization of the new oncology assets
  • Net income (-18% cc) impacted by exceptional gains in …