Awards and recognitions

Below are some of the accolades we received for our contributions to corporate citizenship in 2009 and 2010.

• National Organization for Rare Disorders Corporate Award, Novartis honored for its research on rare diseases, May 2010
• DiversityInc Top 10 Global Diversity Companies, Novartis No. 7 in top 10 companies for global diversity in 2010, May 2010
• The Scientist Best Places to Work in Industry 2010, Novartis ranked as one of the best places to work in industry, April 2010
• The Scientist's Best Places To Work, Novartis ranked No. 7 top workplace among large companies in 2009, April 2010
• Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, Novartis among the top three pharmaceutical companies, March 2010
• The Scientist's Best Places To Work for Postdocs, three locations of the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) recognized in The Scientist's 2010 ranking of the “Best Places to Work for Postdocs,” March 2010
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, Novartis awarded “Gold Class" distinction, Sustainability Asset Management (SAM), January 2010
• MedAdNews' The Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company, Novartis No. 1 in 2009, January 2010
• Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company, Novartis no. 1, Med Ad News, November 2009
• Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Novartis named Sustainability Leader, DJSI, September 2009
• 2009 European Inventor of the Year award (in the "Non-European" category) to Professor Yiqing Zhou and his team at the Microbiology and Epidemiology Institute in Beijing for developing Coartem (artemether 20 mg/lumefantrine 120 mg) against malaria, European Patent Office and the European Commission’s DG Enterprise and Industry, April 2009
• World’s Most admired Companies, Novartis no. 2, Fortune magazine, March 2009
• Novartis listed in FTSE4Good Index, FTSE, May 2009
• 2009 World’s Most Ethical Companies, Novartis among top four biotech and pharma companies, Ethisphere, April 2009
• Good Company list, Novartis no.10, Manager Magazin, April 2009
• Novartis awarded “Gold Class" distinction, Sustainability Asset Management (SAM), January 2009

 

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