Novartis AG is a biotechnology and pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland. Novartis was formed in 1996 from a merger of the two Basel pharmaceutical and chemical companies Ciba-Geigy AG and Sandoz AG. Novartis is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world with sales of USD 47.4 billion in 2019.
Novartis stock (symbol: NVS) underwent a total of 2 stock splits.The most recent stock split occurred on April 9th, 2019.One NVS share bought prior to May 11th, 2000 would equal to 2.232 NVS shares today.