The drug has been produced by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis and is available by prescription for adult dogs.

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Over the last decade, no chief executive of a big pharmaceutical company performed as well as Daniel Vasella of Novartis.

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Novartis mentioned 16 major submissions in its pharmaceutical pipeline in 2010, along with its merger with eye-care company Alcon, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011.

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