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Novartis AG

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Swiss pharmaceutical company. It was formed through the 1996 merger of two Swiss firms: Ciba (see Ciba-Geigy) and Sandoz, a chemical company with interests in pharmaceuticals, nutrition, and agriculture. Novartis's products include generic drugs, eye-care products, consumer health-care products, and pharmaceuticals. In 2002 the company created an ethics committee to evaluate research involving human stem cells.

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