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Novartis is listed as a client for [[Business Insights]]<ref> Business Insights [http://globalbusinessinsights.com/content/rbhc0019m.pdf Patient Power: The shift towards more informed, more powerful consumers of drugs] Accessed 5th February 2008</ref> and [[Int/ext Communications]]<ref> Public Relations Organisation International [http://www.proi.com/partners/profiles/intext.htm Int/ext Communications] Accessed 13th February 2008</ref>
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Novartis is listed as a client for [[Business Insights]]<ref> Business Insights [http://globalbusinessinsights.com/content/rbhc0019m.pdf Patient Power: The shift towards more informed, more powerful consumers of drugs] Accessed 5th February 2008</ref> and [[Int/ext Communications]].<ref> Public Relations Organisation International [http://www.proi.com/partners/profiles/intext.htm Int/ext Communications] Accessed 13th February 2008</ref>
  
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In 2008, Novartis is listed as a client of [[Innovex]]<ref> Innovex [http://www.innovexcareers.com/content_static/c_ourcustomers.asp?session_id={212F403D-EE9F-433B-A03A-E66AB35FB45E} Our Customers] Accessed 12th February 2008</ref> and as a past or current client for [[FischerAppelt Kommunikation]]<ref> FischerAppelt Kommunikation [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.fischerappelt.de/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DfischerAppelt%2BKommunikation%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3Dgve%26sa%3DG Current & former clients] Accessed 14th February 2008</ref> and The [[Gorlin Group]]<ref>The Gorlin Group [http://www.gorlingroup.com/ Clients] Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>. They are also listed as a member of the [[International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations]]<ref>International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations [http://www.ifpma.org/About_Us/about_mem_europe.aspx Members] Accessed 11th March 2008</ref>
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In 2008, Novartis is listed as a client of [[Innovex]]<ref> Innovex [http://www.innovexcareers.com/content_static/c_ourcustomers.asp?session_id={212F403D-EE9F-433B-A03A-E66AB35FB45E} Our Customers] Accessed 12th February 2008</ref> and as a past or current client for [[FischerAppelt Kommunikation]]<ref> FischerAppelt Kommunikation [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.fischerappelt.de/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DfischerAppelt%2BKommunikation%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3Dgve%26sa%3DG Current & former clients] Accessed 14th February 2008</ref> and The [[Gorlin Group]]<ref>The Gorlin Group [http://www.gorlingroup.com/ Clients] Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>. They are also listed as a member of the [[International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations]].<ref>International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations [http://www.ifpma.org/About_Us/about_mem_europe.aspx Members] Accessed 11th March 2008</ref>
  
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In 2008, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics is listed as a client of the [[Podesta Group]]<ref>Podesta Group [http://www.podesta.com/clients.htm Clients] Accessed 21st March 2008</ref>
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In 2008, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics is listed as a client of the [[Podesta Group]].<ref>Podesta Group [http://www.podesta.com/clients.htm Clients] Accessed 21st March 2008</ref>
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==

Revision as of 14:42, 31 August 2010

Background

Novartis was created in 1996 through the merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz. It has operations in 140 countries with its head office located in Switzerland.[1]

PR, Lobbying and Business Intelligence firms

Novartis is listed as a client for Business Insights[2] and Int/ext Communications.[3]

In 2008, Novartis is listed as a client of Innovex[4] and as a past or current client for FischerAppelt Kommunikation[5] and The Gorlin Group[6]. They are also listed as a member of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations.[7]

In 2008, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics is listed as a client of the Podesta Group.[8]

Affiliations

Novartis provided generous support for the Expert Consensus Guideline Series: Treatment of Schizophrenia 1999 an initiative aiming at establishing uniform medication guidelines for schizophrenia[9]. It is reported that this was an initiative 'supported exclusively by 6 pharmaceutical companies: Eli Lilly and Company, Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc., Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Pfizer Inc. and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals' (now known as AstraZeneca). Michael Hogan and Laurie Flynn were also involved in this initiative.

In 2004, Novartis Pharma AG is reported to have entered into a license agreement with ChemSource Corporation (a subsidiary of IVAX Corporation) 'to utilize the patented multi-dose dry powder inhaler, Airmax, for Novartis's trademarked medicines Foradil and Miflonide in the European Union and certain other countries'[10].

Patient Groups

In February 2008, Novartis UK report sponsorship of the following patient groups[11]

Sponsoring Labour

Norvartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd is reported to have sponsored the Labour Party in excess of £5,000 in 1997[12].

References

  1. ↑ Novartis About Novartis Accessed 25th February 2008
  2. ↑ Business Insights Patient Power: The shift towards more informed, more powerful consumers of drugs Accessed 5th February 2008
  3. ↑ Public Relations Organisation International Int/ext Communications Accessed 13th February 2008
  4. ↑ Innovex Our Customers Accessed 12th February 2008
  5. ↑ FischerAppelt Kommunikation Current & former clients Accessed 14th February 2008
  6. ↑ The Gorlin Group Clients Accessed 20th March 2008
  7. ↑ International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations Members Accessed 11th March 2008
  8. ↑ Podesta Group Clients Accessed 21st March 2008
  9. ↑ Weibert, S. The Genesis of President Bush’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Teenscreen Truth. Accessed 9th January 2008
  10. ↑ Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac. 'IVAX Corporation.' January 2004
  11. ↑ Novartis UK UK Sponsorship Accessed 25th February 2008
  12. ↑ The Guardian 'Blair cuts union links with individual help: Labour's list of donors'. 31st August 1998
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