Novartis to ramp up India development centre

Source: The Hindu, Business Line

Thursday, 31 January, 2008

Hyderabad: Global pharma major Novartis will ramp up operations at its India Development Centre located here and will hire 700 over the next 18 months.

“The total headcount in Hyderabad development centre will reach 1,000 in the next 18 months (from current 300) to support the increase in operations,” Ranjit Shahani, Managing Director, Novartis India Ltd, told newspersons here on Tuesday.

(Note: For a background note on Novartis' problems with India's patent law see "India's National Innovation System: Key Elements and Corporate Perspectives", p. 33)