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Ciba-Geigy AG |
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Ciba-Geigy AGFormer Swiss pharmaceutical company formed in 1970 from the merger of Ciba AG and J.R. Geigy SA. Ciba started out in the 1850s as a silk-dyeing business and branched out into pharmaceuticals in 1900, by which time it was the largest chemical company in Switzerland. J.R. Geigy dates to 1758, when Johann Rudolf Geigy set up a chemist's shop in Basel. The company soon began manufacturing dyes for the textile industry. It entered the pharmaceutical market in the 1930s. The name was shortened to Ciba in 1992, and in 1996 Ciba's merger with the Swiss company Sandoz formed Novartis AG, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Motschi was employed with the safety of dyestuff and chemicals division of Ciba-Geigy AG, Basel. Before Novartis was created by the 1996 merger of CIBA-Geigy AG and Sandoz AG, Pyott was head of the Sandoz Nutrition Division and a member of the executive board of Sandoz. ISIS orders exceeding $100,000 booked this quarter include long-time customers such as: American Cyanamid, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ciba-Geigy AG, Glaxo Research and Development Ltd. |
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