Facts and Figures

• Novartis UK is the UK affiliate of Swiss-based Novartis AG – one of the largest and most widely respected pharmaceutical companies in the world.
• Novartis UK employs over 3,500 people on 9 sites. In the UK the Novartis sites are involved in manufacturing, packaging, customer service and marketing for products used in the UK and worldwide.
• The Respiratory Research Centre at Horsham is the Novartis worldwide headquarters for respiratory research, employing over 300 scientists in a £42 million purpose-built centre.
• Horsham is the global research centre for gastro-intestinal research for Novartis.
• Novartis Vaccines facility in Liverpool is the UK’s only large-scale producer of influenza vaccines and the company is still investing heavily in new manufacturing facilities at the site.
• Novartis has invested over £600 million in the Grimsby manufacturing site over the last 15 years.