Novartis reflects on key milestones

Healthcare solutions company Novartis Ringaskiddy has just marked a number of very significant milestones; having recently welcomed the global Novartis board of directors to the Cork campus, the company has also just unveiled its first ever Cork-born site lead.

Shane Relihan, a native pf Cobh, has just taken on the role of managing director for the chemical operations manufacturing site. He succeeds Dorothea Lederberger, who is returning to the Novartis headquarters in Basel to take up a role in its biologics, technical development and manufacturing unit.

As a global group, Novartis is a giant, employing 118,000 people, with €110bn in capital assets and revenues of over €40bn generating around €6bn in profits annually. Its main activities include pharmaceuticals, eye care and generics. Novartis products are sold in approximately 155 countries around the world.