Novartis AG (probably derived from the Latin «nova ars» «new art») is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis was created in 1996 from a merger of the two pharmaceutical and chemical companies Ciba-Geigy AG, Basel, Switzerland, and Sandoz AG, Basel, Switzerland.
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