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Novartis May Spin or Sell Off Ailing Sandoz Generics Unit
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The move comes more than two years after Novartis started making the generics unit more independent, splitting off manufacturing and support functions.\nNow is the right moment to reconsider its strategic fit, and the company will explore all options, Chief Executive Officer Vas Narasimhan said on Tuesday.\nWhile keeping Sandoz is among the possibilities, many investors would welcome a split. Sandoz has struggled this year as demand lagged and public-health measures to stop Covid-19 reduced the cough and cold season. The review follows moves in recent years to spin off the drugmaker’s Alcon eye-care division and ditch a stake in a consumer-health venture as Novartis sharpens its focus on cutting-edge drugs for cancer and other diseases.\nThe shares, which have declined about 7% this year, rose as much as 1.5% in Zurich.\nNovartis has said previously that it would aim to transform the business to give it more autonomy and focus. 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Annual revenue from psoriasis and arthritis medicine Cosentyx will reach at least $7 billion, while sales of heart medicine Entresto climb to at least $5 billion, it said.\nThe drugmaker did endure a setback this week for its portfolio of experimental cancer drugs, with potential lung-cancer therapy canakinumab failing in another large study this week. 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