Yue Zhang Anna ShirinskayaNina Denver Laurent Foucault Filippo Canepa Genova, 07/26/2013

BASEL1996 Source: topforeignstocks.com

The Novartis headquarters in Basel has been transformed from an industrial complex to a place of innovation, knowledge, and encounter Novartis' earnings in its six top emerging markets (China, Russia, India, Brazil, South Korea, and Turkey) has been growing up from over $4.6 billion in 2010 to $5.8 billion in sales in 2011 Why choose Novartis?

Novartis 4th employer in R&D sector in Europe Novartis 1st in pharmaceutical field Why choose Novartis?

 Sales increasing constantly  Net income increasing

 Main aim: Creation of medicines Prevention of cardiovascular, oncology, neuroscience, generics and respiratory diseases R & D Steps

Fortune magazine 2012 “3 rd largest healthcare company worldwide” R & D developments Highest number of new molecular entities

European research centres – Basel, Switzerland (Global headquarters) – Horsham, England

Basel  Transformation of the site into state of the art research centre  Long term project running until 2030 Horsham  £20 million per year invested on R & D  By 2016 this centre will carry out more clinical trials than any other company

Master or PhD degree required !

1-2 years of lab experience Chemist, or Scientist in a scientific lab 2 years of lab experience as Graduate assistant and 1 year as PhD student 4-7 years of relative experience Principal scientist or Scientific Technical Leader 4-7 years of relative experience Principal scientist or Scientific Technical Leader 2-5 years of lab experience by working in Novartis as Chemist or Scientist

During Master degree all the required knowledge was gained Technical experience Synthetic organic methodology Chemical process research experience Processes, regulations and guidance documents knowledge Testing and documentation requirements Equipment use Preventative maintenance Present Opportunities CHEMIST SCIENTIST, Synthesis lab

Polymer/Hydrogel analysis techniques Chromatography, rheology, thermal, and other morphological and surface methods Data processing and analysis Solid statistics (preferred) Industrial laboratory setting (preferred) Excellent scientific expertise in organic synthesis Patents and publications (organic synthesis) Technical experience Future Opportunities Scientific Technical Leader I Principal scientist

Soft skills Writing LanguageFlexibility Presen tation Commun ication Team work Documen tation Manage ment Problem- solving Most necessaryLess necessary or Optional

Anna Shirinskaya Nina DenverFilippo Canepa Laurent Foucault Yue Zhang

 Susanne Haenni - Novartis International AG, Switzerland  Esther Keller - Public Relations Manager, Switzerland

Why Novartis? 2 nd world-wide pharmaceutical company 1 st for R&D employees in Europe Increasing number of associates Expanding the main R&D centres Requirements: Master Degree is relevant for get a position At least 1 year of lab experience Skills: Technical: mainly chemical, but also informatic and physics Soft:teamwork, management, communication