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<strong>IMS</strong> COM PANY PRO FILES NOVARTIS<br />
Appendix<br />
All ta bles in this sec tion are based on the fol low ing coun try uni verse. Al though all uni verse coun tries<br />
are se lected, in di vid ual cor po ra tions may not op er ate in all mar kets. In most cases, sales data cov ers<br />
the twelve-month pe riod to September 2008.<br />
Audited Universes<br />
North America Europe Asia, Africa & Australasia Latin America<br />
Canada* Austria* Algeria Argentina<br />
United States** Belgium* Australia* Brazil<br />
Belorussia Bangladesh Central America***<br />
Bulgaria* China Hospital Chile<br />
Croatia Egypt Colombia<br />
Czech Republic* French W Africa Dominican Republic<br />
Denmark Hong Kong Ecuador<br />
Finland* India Mexico<br />
France* Indonesia* Peru<br />
Germany* Israel Puerto Rico*<br />
Greece Japan* Uruguay<br />
Hungary* Jordan Venezuela<br />
Ireland Korea*<br />
Italy* Korea Clinic<br />
Latvia* Kuwait<br />
Lithuania* Lebanon<br />
Luxembourg Malaysia<br />
Netherlands Xponent Morocco<br />
Norway New Zealand*<br />
Poland* Pakistan<br />
Portugal Philippines*<br />
Russian Federation* Saudi Arabia<br />
Spain* South Africa*<br />
Slovak Republic* Singapore<br />
Slovenia Taiwan*<br />
Sweden Thailand*<br />
Switzerland* Tunisia<br />
Ukraine Turkey*<br />
United Kingdom* United Arab Emirates<br />
*Note: In cludes hos pi tal sales in ad di tion to re tail sales.<br />
**Note: USA in cludes hos pi tal, clinic and mail or der sales, re tail sales, HMO, long term care, home health<br />
care, foodstore and ‘mis cel la neous’ sales (pris ons, uni ver si ties etc).<br />
***Note: Cen tral Amer ica = Costa Rica, Gua te mala, Hon du ras, El Sal va dor, Nic a ra gua and Panama.<br />
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