#### ![calendar-Icon](/themes/custom/cosmos/patterns/images/calendar-v2.svg)April 19, 2018

 

 #### Basel, Switzerland

 

 

Today, Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan announced the company’s financial results for the first quarter of 2018.

 

 

In his remarks, the CEO commented: “We continued our transformation this quarter to become a more focused medicines company.” And, “Operationally, we drove solid growth across all financial metrics, strong performance across our key growth brands, and continued Alcon’s strong recovery.”



 



 [    Media release   ](/news/media-releases/novartis-delivered-strong-first-quarter-and-acted-become-more-focused-medicines-company) 

 



## Q1 2018 financial results Infographic

[Q1 2018 Infographic](/news/media-library/novartis-financial-results-q1-2018-infographic "Novartis Financial Results - Q1 2018 Infographic")



## Executive Committee of Novartis (ECN) Biographies

[ECN Biographies](/about/executive-committee "Executive Committee")