Novartis' number of full-time employees 2009-2022

Novartis is a multinational pharmaceutical company based out of Basel, Switzerland. In 2018, the company saw its highest number of full-time employees in history with over 125,000 employees. In 2022, the company reported around 102 thousand full-time employees.

Novartis’ company profile

As of 2022, Novartis had two company divisions: Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. Oncology is the most important therapeutic area generating some 27 percent of the company’s pharmaceuticals revenue. Sandoz is the company’s generics and biosimilars pharmaceutical division with a global focus. Until April 2019, Alcon was Novartis' division specialized in eye care, but then became an own company. While the number of employees at Novartis has fluctuated, the number of patients the company reaches every year has been on the decline. As well as a decrease in the number of patients reached, the company has also decreased their advertising spending in recent years.

Novartis’ global positioning

Novartis is ranked among the top pharmaceutical companies globally. Recently the company was ranked eighth based on their market capitalization. Other top companies included Johnson & Johnson and Roche. The company was also ranked third, after Pfizer and AbbVie, based on their prescription sales in recent years. Based on research and development spending as a share of revenue, Novartis was also ranked among top pharmaceutical companies.