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re: What happened to Ciba?

• Date:   Thu, 14 Mar 2002 08:09:52 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
• To:   sthc-l@library.ucla.edu, caduceus-l@list.umaryland.edu
• From:   Rusell A. Johnson <rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
• Subject:   re: What happened to Ciba?
• Message-ID:   SIMEON.10203140852.C@bio-s-his008.library.ucla.edu

Michael:

In 1996, Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy merged to create Novartis.  Check out 
their website, with detailed history and various contact routes, at:  
http://www.novartis.com .

I am cc:ing this to STHC-L (Science, Technology, and Health Care 
Archives Forum) to see if there is a Novartis or pharmaceuticals 
archivist who can provide a more direct answer.

Cheers,

Russell


On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:09:33 -0500 Michael North 
<NorthM@mail.nlm.nih.gov> wrote:

> I believe that Ciba Pharmaceuticals had a large art collection back in 
> the 1930s and 1940s which they used in a number of glossy history of 
> medicine publications.  What ever happened to Ciba? I assume it has 
> been gobbled several times in the past 60 years by larger and larger 
> pharmaceutical companies.  And what happened to its art collection?
> 
> Just curious,
> 
> Michael
> 
> Michael North, northm@mail.nlm.nih.gov
> Rare Book Cataloger
> National Library of Medicine
> History of Medicine Division
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Russell A. Johnson        rjohnson@library.ucla.edu