Novartis AG is one of the world's leaders in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of pharmaceutical products. Net sales (excluding discontinued operations) break down by therapeutic area as follows:
- oncology (29.9%);
- immunology (17.2%);
- cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases (14.1%);
- neuroscience (8.9%).
The remaining net sales (29.9%) are from contract manufacturing of pharmaceutical products.
At the end of 2023, Novartis AG had 33 production sites worldwide.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe (33%), the United States (39.5%), Asia/Africa/Australasia (20.5%), Canada and Latin America (7%).