Novartis expects to sustain long-term growth with a robust pipeline of 25+ potential blockbusters
Novartis holded an investor event in London to provide a comprehensive overview of the company’s progress in advancing its industry-leading R&D pipeline.
Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis, said “Novartis had a year of breakthrough innovation in 2019, with five potential blockbuster NME approvals. The near term brings yet another catalyst-rich period with pipeline progress across the portfolio that can sustain long-term growth.
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ONCE) ("Spark") announced that Roche has extended the offering period of its previously announced tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock (the "Shares") of Spark for USD 114.50 per Share, net to the seller thereof in cash, without 
Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Novartis to reimagine this leading pharmaceutical company's core pharmaceutical manufacturing, supply chain, and delivery operations using AWS's portfolio of cloud services. 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) has completed its acquisition of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) following the receipt of regulatory approval from all government authorities required by the merger agreement and, as announced on April 12, 2019, approval by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene stockholders. 
Bayer and Dewpoint Therapeutics, a biotechnology company with sites in Boston and Dresden, Germany, announced an option, research and license agreement worth up to USD 100 million. The partnership will leverage Dewpoint’s proprietary platform for biomolecular condensates and Bayer’s small molecule compound library to develop new treatments for cardiovascular and gynecological diseases.