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Date:3/31/2008

ns or labeling for Lotrel or regarding potential future revenues from Lotrel. Such forward-looking statements reflect the current views of the Company regarding future events, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results with Lotrel to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. There can be no guarantee that Lotrel will be submitted or approved for any additional indications or labeling. Nor can there be any guarantee that Lotrel will achieve any particular levels of revenue in the future. In particular, management's expectations regarding Lotrel could be affected by, among other things, the company's ability to obtain or maintain patent or other proprietary intellectual property protection, including for the Lotrel 5/40 mg and 10/40 mg capsules; unexpected regulatory actions or delays or government regulation generally; unexpected clinical trial results, including unexpected new clinical data and unexpected additional analysis of existing clinical data; competition in general; government, industry and general public pricing pressures, and other risks and factors referred to in Novartis AG's current Form 20-F on file with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, believed, estimated or expected. Novartis is providing the information in this press release as of this date and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation researches, develops, manufactures and markets leading innovative prescription drugs used to treat a number of diseases and conditions, including those in the cardiovasc
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