Novartis AG to Discuss Acquisition of Xiidra® from Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Call Transcript
Good morning and good afternoon and welcome to Novartis investor call and webcast on the proposed Xiidra acquisition. (Operator Instructions) And the conference is being recorded. (Operator Instructions) A recording of the conference call including the Q&A session will be available on our website shortly after the call ends. (Operator Instructions) And with that, I would now like to hand over the conference to Mr. Samir Shah, Global Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.
Thank you very much, and good morning and good afternoon, everybody. And thanks for your time yet again to join us on our investor call today. So with us, we have Paul Hudson, CEO of Novartis Pharmaceuticals; Dirk Sauer, who's head of the global franchise from a development perspective for ophthalmology; and Patrick Mooney, who's the U.S. franchise head for ophthalmology from a commercial perspective.
Before I hand across to Paul, I'd just like to read you the safe harbor statement. The information presented today contains
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