May 29, 2007

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Sandoz APAC Excellence Awards

Kuala Lampur, May 29, 2007 - Mirroring the Sandoz Bangladesh's excellence in 006, this year again the divisions was able to show its presence and prominence in the APAC Cluster Region. Mr. Shaheedul Islam, Mr. A. K. M. Nazrul Islam, Mr. Zohirul Islam and Dr. Mahmud Hasan, from Bangladesh, were awarded the Best First Line Manager, Best Field Officers and Best Brand Manager respectively in the Sandoz APAC Cluster Excellence Awards 2006.

In a flamboyant ceremony on 29^th May 2007 at the Westin Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Mr. Gorazd Hladnik, Head, APAC Cluster, handed over awards to the winners. In his speech Mr. Hladnik thanked the winners for their contribution and hoped to meet them in the next fiscal year with even more impressive achievements.  Besides certificate and crest, winners were also awarded a family trip of 5 days to Kuala Lumpur, Genting Highlands (Hill station and Theme parks) and Taman Nagara (the oldest rain forest in the world).

Novartis is a world leader in offering medicines to protect health, treat diseases and improve well-being. Our goal is to discover, develop and successfully market innovative products to treat patients, ease suffering and enhance the quality of life. Novartis is the only company with leadership positions in both patented and generic pharmaceuticals (Sandoz). We are strengthening our medicine-based portfolio, which is focused on strategic growth platforms in innovation-driven pharmaceuticals, high quality and affordable generics (Sandoz), human vaccines and leading self-medication OTC brands. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, Novartis Group companies employ more than 100,000 people and operate in over 140 countries around the world.

Novartis has manufacturing and marketing operations in Bangladesh since 1973 in areas of Research, Off Patent Branded Generic (Sandoz) and OTC Pharmaceuticals along with Animal Health.

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