Manufacturing

Basel - Private initiative can change the world. That was the joint message issued by well-known speakers from a wide range of backgrounds at the international 2005 Symposium of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development in Basel/ Switzerland. The large audie...

PITTSBURGH -- Bayer Corporation today announced that it will increase its visibility for the many thousands of people who travel along the Pittsburgh airport corridor as it unveiled a new 18-foot Bayer Cross sign that will rest atop the company's North American headqu...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill. - Abbott and the Abbott Fund have contributed more than $1.75 million in humanitarian aid to victims of the earthquake in India and Pakistan, and Hurricanes Stan and Wilma in Mexico and Central America. Abbott is providing funding support to inter...

All leprosy patients in the world will continue to benefit from free medicines under an agreement signed today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the pharmaceutical company, Novartis AG. This extends the current agreement until the end of 2010 and is valued at...

Bagamoyo, Tanzania - International experts at a symposium sponsored by the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD) are meeting to review advances in research on tuberculosis (TB) therapies. The meeting is addressing goals and problems of TB control with focus ...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill.- Abbott today announced that it has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), as well as the new DJSI North America and DJSI United States Indices. The addition of Abbott to the DJSI World ranks the company among the top 1...

HEERLEN, Netherlands - In the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index published yesterday, DSM once again tops the list for the Chemical Industry sector. This is the second year in a row that DSM has been named the worldwide sustainability leader in the chemical industry...

PITTSBURGH - In response to urgent requests for diabetes testing equipment for Hurricane Katrina victims, Bayer is providing more than 45,000 Ascensia® BRIO® blood glucose monitors and enough Ascensia® EASYFILL® test strips for 45,000 people with diabetes to test for ...

PITTSBURGH - Bayer announced today that it is ready to ship more than 45,000 Ascensia® BRIO® blood glucose monitors and Ascensia® EASYFILL® test strips to help meet the needs of Hurricane Katrina victims with diabetes. Bayer will donate these products, which are esse...

FARMINGTON, Conn. - Otis is the first elevator company ever to receive a Green Product Award from the China Environmental Protection Foundation. The group recognized Otis for its Gen2™ belted, machine-roomless elevator system. Otis is a unit of United Technologies Cor...