Novartis considers selling ophthalmology business: Report

Global healthcare company Novartis is in the early stages of preparing to sell its ophthalmology business, according to a Nov. 16 report from Bloomberg. 

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The sale of the ophthalmology business alone could earn the company around $5 billion, according to the report. Private equity firms are already studying the business. 

Negotiations are ongoing, and if a sale happens it will likely happen in 2023, Bloomberg reported. 

In 2019, Novartis spun-off its Alcon eyecare business. In August, it spun-off its generic-drugs unit. 

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