Daniel Vasella, CEO Novartis, left, smiles next to Raymund Breu, Chief Financial Officer, right, during the 2008 full-year results press conference in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. Drugmaker Novartis AG reported a 62 percent rise in fourth quarter net profit Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 helped by steady sales growth and the absence of restructuring charges that had hindered the previous year's results. The company said net income rose to US$1.507 billion from 931 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. AP Photo logo AP Photo 10 months ago

Daniel Vasella, CEO Novartis, left, smiles next to Raymund Breu, Chief Financial Officer, right, during the 2008 full-year results press conference in Basel, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. Drugmaker Novartis AG reported a 62 percent rise in fourth quarter net profit Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009 helped by steady sales growth and the absence of restructuring charges that had hindered the previous year's results. The company said net income rose to US$1.507 billion from 931 million in the fourth quarter of 2007.

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  1. The Novartis flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility is seen on the day of its official opening in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within six months of an influenza pandemic declaration.

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  1. Dr. Andrin Oswald, CEO of Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, talks with the media at the new Novartis facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within 6 months of an influenza pandemic declaration.
  2. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (L-R), HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Nicole Lurie, Novartis CEO and Chairman Daniel Vasella, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco tour the new Novartis vaccine facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within six months of an influenza pandemic declaration.
  3. Jamie Iudica, director of engineering at Novartis, describes the "infectious production harvest" process during a tour of the new Novartis flu vaccine production facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within six months of an influenza pandemic declaration.
  4. Matt Stober (R), global head of Technical Operations for Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, and Russell Thirsk of Novartis describe the flu vaccine manufacturing process to the media at the new Novartis facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within six months of an influenza pandemic declaration.
  5. A Novartis employee works in the area where MF-59, a distinguishing immune response booster used by Novartis in Europe, is added to vaccines at the Novartis flu vaccine facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within six months of an influenza pandemic declaration.
  6. A bio-reactor is seen located in the area where cells will be infected with the flu virus in the process of manufacturing vaccines at the Novartis facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within six months of an influenza pandemic declaration.
  7. Dr. Andrin Oswald, chief executive of Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, speaks with the media at the new Novartis facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within six months of an influenza pandemic declaration.
  8. The Novartis flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility is seen on the day of its official opening in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within six months of an influenza pandemic declaration.
  9. U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius (L-R), HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dr. Nicole Lurie, Novartis CEO and Chairman Daniel Vasella, North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Keith Crisco tour the new Novartis vaccine facility in Holly Springs, North Carolina, November 24, 2009. The facility, which officially opened Tuesday, is the first large scale flu cell culture and adjuvant manufacturing facility in the United States. It will have the capability to produce seasonal flu cell culture vaccine, pre-pandemic vaccine and 150 million doses of pandemic vaccine within six months of an influenza pandemic declaration.
  10. Chairman and CEO of Novartis AG Daniel Vasella (R) talks next to Chairman of Aetna, Inc. Ronald A. Williams (L) at Wall Street Journal CEO Council meeting on rebuilding global prosperity in Washington, November 17, 2009.
  11. Chairman and CEO of Novartis AG Daniel Vasella at Wall Street Journal CEO Council meeting on rebuilding global prosperity in Washington, November 17, 2009.

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