Novartis is honored to receive numerous awards for progress in research and development, our working environment,
and our corporate responsibility activities.
A selection is featured here.
Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies 2013
Novartis ranked top pharmaceutical company in Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies 2013 for the third time in a row.
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MedAdNews
Novartis recognized as having the “Most Innovative Pipeline” for the third consecutive year.
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SCRIP awards 2012
Novartis awarded two of the prestigious SCRIP Awards for excellence in innovation and R&D
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2012/13 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
Novartis is a member of the 2012/13 Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, which recognizes the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide.
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Eurobrand’s Global Top 100 Brand Corporations
Novartis brand ranks no. 39 globally and no. 2 in Switzerland.
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2012 Working Mother’s 100 Best Companies
Novartis Pharma US named one of the best employers for working mothers.
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Universum’s World’s Most Attractive Employers
Novartis named one of the top 50 most attractive employers worldwide for engineering students by Universum.
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Swiss Graduate Barometer 2012 – Handelszeitung
Novartis ranked most popular employer in healthcare by Swiss students in Swiss Graduate Barometer.
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European Graduate Barometer 2012 – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Novartis enters the list of the 50 preferred employers among European Engineering/IT students.
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Transparency in corporate reporting: Assessing the world's largest companies
Novartis named the most transparent large healthcare company by Transparency International
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2012 Ethical Corporation Awards
Novartis wins Ethical Corporation Award for Best Corporate/NGO Partnership for SMS for Life
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World’s Most Respected Companies 2012 by Barron’s
Novartis ranks again as the most respected healthcare company in “The World’s Most Respected Companies” by US business magazine Barron’s
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Top Employer in Switzerland 2012 by Universum /Bilanz
Novartis again ranked No. 1 employer in Switzerland for students in Natural Science by Swiss business magazine Bilanz and Universum
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Computerworld’s 21st Century Achievement Awards
SMS for Life has been honored with the 21st Century Achievement Award in the Innovation IT category of the 2012 Computerworld Honors Program. This award recognizes organizations that promote and advance the public welfare, benefit society and change the world for the better through a visionary application of IT.
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Bilanz magazine Sustainability Ranking 2012
Novartis again ranked as a top sustainability performer
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The Scientist’s Best Places to Work: Industry 2012
Novartis again among top 20 companies globally climbing one spot to No. 17.
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Pharmaceutical Executive “PharmExec 50”
For the second time, Novartis is No. 2 in PharmExec's 2012 ranking of the top 50 pharma companies based on Rx sales.
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FT Bowen Craggs Index 2012
Bowen Craggs ranks Novartis No.8 in its 6th annual index of corporate web effectiveness, making it the second healthcare company on the list.
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Interbrand’s “Most Valuable Swiss Brands 2012”
Novartis named #3 Most Valuable Swiss Brand 2012 by Interbrand/Bilanz with a brand value of CHF 6.8 billion.
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Brand-Finance’s Top 500 most valuable global brand 2012
Novartis ranked as one of the "Global 500 most valuable brands" and one of the top brands in the pharmaceutical/healthcare sector.
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Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez receives “CEO in Action” award
Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez receives "CEO in Action" award for commitment and engagement in Novartis Diversity & Inclusion initiatives.
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SAM Sustainability Yearbook 2012
Novartis awarded Gold Class Medal in SAM's 2012 Sustainability Yearbook.
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JustMeans' 2011 ranking
Novartis ranks #6 in the “Sustainable Performance Leaders in Pharmaceuticals” list released by JustMeans.
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Fortune’s 2011 “Top Companies for Leaders”
Novartis ranks #25 in Fortune's 2011 "Global Top Companies for Leaders" and #7 on the "European Top Companies for Leaders" list for the quality of its leadership practices.
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Novartis "SMS for Life" program wins 2011 WSJ Technology Innovation Award in Health-Care IT category.
Novartis Malaria Initiative’s innovative "SMS for Life" program has won the Health-Care IT category of the 2011 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards. These global awards recognize game-changing innovations that break with conventional ideas or processes, go beyond marginal improvements and have a wide impact in their field. Led by Novartis, in partnership with IBM, Vodafone, the Ministry of Health in Tanzania, and under the umbrella of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, "SMS for Life" harnesses everyday technology to improve access to essential malaria medicines in rural areas. Since rolling out nationally across Tanzania in April 2011, the program has expanded to Ghana and Kenya.
Novartis is the most valuable corporate healthcare brand in Europe and third worldwide.
Novartis was ranked the most valuable healthcare brand in Europe (no. 20) and the third most valuable worldwide (no. 54) in the annual “eurobrand” rankings published by the European Brand Institute, Europe’s leading research institute for intangible assets.
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2011 South-South Award for Global, Health, Technology and Development
The UN-sponsored South-South Award recognizes replicable, scalable projects that successfully address global health issues using information and communications technologies. Professor Klaus Leisinger, president and managing director of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, received the award for his work in digital health.
2011 GBC Business Action on Health Awards
'SMS for Life', a Novartis Malaria Initiative program, ranked #1 in Technology for Health category.