NVS vs VTRS

Novartis AG

Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. The Innovative Medicines segment offers prescription medicines for patients and healthcare providers. It also provides ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, hepatology and dermatology, respiratory, established, and cardiovascular, renal and metabolism medicine products. The Sandoz segment provides active ingredients and finished dosage forms of small molecule pharmaceuticals to third parties across a range of therapeutic areas, as well as finished dosage form anti-infectives. It also provides active pharmaceutical ingredients and intermediates primarily antibiotics; protein- or other biotechnology-based products, including biosimilars; and biotechnology manufacturing services. Novartis AG has a license and collaboration agreement with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals to develop, manufacture, and commercialize inclisiran; an agreement with CureVac to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine candidate CVnCoV; a collaboration with Artios Pharma Limited to create next generation DDR cancer therapies; and a clinical collaboration with Kura Oncology, Inc. to evaluate the combination of Tipifarnib and Alpelisib in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. The company was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Viatris Inc.

Viatris Inc., a healthcare company, develops, licenses, manufactures, markets, and distributes brand and generic drugs, complex generics, biosimilars, and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) worldwide. The company operates through Developed Markets, Greater China, JANZ, and Emerging Markets segments. It offers drugs in various therapeutic areas, including infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases; HIV/AIDS; and oncology, immunology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, and dermatology, as well as antibacterial, central nervous system agents, antihistamines/antiasthmatics, cardiovascular, antivirals, antidiabetics, antifungals, and proton pump inhibitor areas. The company provides medicines, such as Wixela, Inhub, ADVAIR DISKUS, glatiramer acetate injection, Copaxone, and over the counter products in the form of oral solid doses, injectables, complex dosage forms, and APIs to retail and pharmacy establishments, wholesalers and distributors, payers, insurers and governments, and institutions; and support services, such as diagnostic clinics, educational seminars, and digital tools to help patients better manage their health. It distributes its products through pharmaceutical wholesalers/distributors, pharmaceutical retailers, institutional pharmacies, mail-order and e-commerce pharmacies, and specialty pharmacies. The company sells its products under the Lyrica, Lipitor, Creon, Influvac, Wixela Inhub, and EpiPen auto-injector; Norvasc and Viagra; AMITIZA, Lipacreon, and Effexor; Trastuzumab injection; and Celebrex and anti-retrovirals names, as well as offers biosimilars franchises, including Fulphila, Ogivri, and Hulio. Viatris Inc. has collaboration and licensing agreements with Revance Therapeutics, Inc.; Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Theravance Biopharma, Inc.; Biocon Ltd.; and Fujifilm Kyowa Kirin Biologics Co. Ltd. The company was founded in 1961 and is based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.