Yesterday evening we got to Switzerland, in time to have some great Greek food. Today we got to see the Novartis facilities. What I got to see was quite impressive. Unfortunately i had to leave early to catch my train to Prauge.
It was quite interesting to see the difference in business strategies of Bayer and Novartis. Bayer is a research company, and has conciously made the decision to stay that way and not produce geerics. While Novartis has taken on production of generic medicines.
It was also very intresting to see the difference in animal care. Both companies seemed to treat their animals well and genuinely care about their wellfare. But Bayer kept animals for 2 years and adopted them out while Novartis kept their reseach dogs for their entire lifespan of about 10 years. For both situations i think the companies are doing what is best for their research animals.
It was really interesting to see the formulation aspect of drug development. While i am in no way interested i that feild as a career, it is quite impressive to see what all goes into making a drug into a useable form. I think the climate rooms were the most interesting part of that tour. they had rooms with 4 different environments simulated inside to tests the drugs for stability. Each drug is evaluated over a 5 year period. I knew this had to be tested but i never guessed it was for that long.
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