DAVOS: Novartis Expects No Impact From Potential New U.S. Tariffs -- Market Talk

Dow Jones01-20 17:29

0929 GMT - Novartisis unlikely to be affected by any new Greenland-related U.S. tariffs on European goods, Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan tells CNBC in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. This is because the Swiss pharmaceutical company has built up its inventories in the U.S. to better manage this type of situation, he says. By the middle of this year, Novartis should be able to produce drugs for the U.S. market in the country, after ramping up its manufacturing footprint there, Narasimhan says. Regionalization goes against global supply chains and creates a very different dynamic, he adds. "We've got to find the middle ground that still allows us to innovate even if we produce in this bifurcated way," he says. (cristina.gallardo@wsj.com)

 

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