Novartis Foundation
| Novartis Foundation | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Foundation, endowment |
| founding | June 1, 1979 |
| Seat |
Basel , Switzerland
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| management |
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| Number of employees | 6th |
| Website | https://www.novartisfoundation.org |
The Novartis Foundation is a foundation in Basel that is part of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical company Novartis .
activities
The foundation supports development projects in the health sector in Africa and on the Indian subcontinent , which aim to improve access to primary health services and medicines and to strengthen the health sector. Furthermore, the fight against leprosy , malaria and tuberculosis .
She conducts research in the areas of “Right to Health” and “ Human Rights and the Private Sector ”.
The foundation holds an annual international symposium in Basel with the aim of promoting the development policy dialogue between the private sector, non-governmental organizations, research institutions and state sponsors.
history
The foundation goes back to the Basel Foundation for Developing Countries , which was established in the 1960s by the Basel industrial companies Ciba , Geigy , Sandoz , Durand & Huguenin , Hoffmann-La Roche and Lonza .
literature
- Jürg Bürgi, Al Imfeld : Give more, take less. History of Swiss development policy and the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-280-06058-3 .
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Commercial register extract
- ↑ Homepage Novartis Foundation: The history of the Novartis Foundation (English)
- ↑ Homepage Novartis Foundation: Projects (English)
- ↑ Foundation Report 2008 (PDF; 5.0 MB, English)