BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 17, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- To the Editors
Novartis' 2003 "R&D day"
Basel, 17 November 2003
On Wednesday, 19 November 2003 Novartis will present its pharmaceutical pipeline to the media and financial community at its annual "R&D day" event in New York.
There will be a press release at 05:30 CET followed by a live virtual press conference (in English) from New York starting at 14.00 CET and ending at approximately 14.45 CET. This will be webcast on www.novartis.com and can be heard via a telephone conference facility for journalists. Please see below for call-in numbers, which together with final details, will be published with our press release and on www.novartis.com. The presentation slides for the virtual press conference will be published on www.novartis.com approximately one hour beforehand so that you can download them in advance.
Please see full press release under the following link: http://hugin.info/134323/R/925280/125907.pdf
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