Novartis will leave Schlieren

Novartis will close Schlieren's plant in the canton of Zurich, cutting 73 jobs.
The Swiss pharmaceutical company said yesterday that it would be moving its key research facility here to Basel ad Cambridge (US) as part of a “broader, global strategic plan” to shore up its resources. Novartis will leave also Singapore where it set up a private-public partnership with Singapore’s Economic Development Board.