##  [About](/ie-en/about "About") 

 Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, we work to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.

 

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##  Our purpose 

Reimagine medicine to improve and extend people's lives.



 

 



 





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##  Our vision 

Become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world.



 

 



 





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##  Our strategy 

Deliver high value medicines that alleviate society’s greatest disease burdens through technology leadership in R&D and novel access approaches.



 

 



 





##  Our footprint 

 78k 

####  employees\* 

 

 130 

####  countries\*\* 

 

 250m+ 

####  patients reached\*\*\* 

 

 







##  In this new era, we’re ready.

### Together, let’s reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives.



 



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###  Leadership 

The ability to attract, grow and keep talented people is vital for us to execute our strategy and keep developing innovative products that produce better results for patients.

 

 

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###  Novartis Ireland 

Novartis Ireland Limited is the Irish affiliate of Swiss-based Novartis AG – one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Novartis is one of Ireland’s leading employers in the healthcare industry. One of the first pharmaceutical companies to locate in Ireland in the 1950’s, Novartis has a strong history of investing in Ireland over the last sixty years.

 

 

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###  Contact 

Find information on our research locations and corporate offices in Ireland. 

 

 

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###  Careers 

769 million lives touched by our products. 

 

 

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##  Resource links 

 

 

 [Pipeline](https://www.novartis.com/research-development/novartis-pipeline "Pipeline") 



 [Impact](https://www.novartis.com/environmental-social-and-governance "Impact") 



 [Leadership](https://www.novartis.com/about/executive-committee "Leadership") 



 

 









 

 

 

 

\*Based on 2022 data except for employees which has been restated to exclude Sandoz  
\*\* Based on 2022 data, excluding Sandoz  
\*\*\* Based on 2022 data, excluding Sandoz: 236 million patients reached with innovative medicines; 54 million patients reached through Novartis Global Health, which focuses on transforming health in low- and middle-income countries.