Novartis has said its top lawyer is retiring over the Swiss pharmaceuticals company's relationship with a firm owned by US president Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen.

A week after Novartis had to explain its entanglement in US Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, CEO Vas Narasimhan dialled into a conference call of epic proportions. On the receiving end: 5,000 of his top managers.

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.

Novartis has warned its profit may decline this year as it ramps up marketing spend on new heart failure drug Entresto following a disappointing start for the medicine.

Novartis employees in Shanghai have a new $1 billion home.

GlaxoSmithKline has agreed a deal worth up to $1bn to sell the rights for the use of a drug in a range of illnesses that can include multiple sclerosis.