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Novartis breaks ground on new global Biomedical Research center in San Diego to accelerate drug discovery
New facility will enable end‑to‑end discovery across key disease areas and technology platforms, joining existing global research sites including Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Basel, SwitzerlandApproximately 466,000-square-foot site with AI-enabled discovery capabilities, expected to house about 1,000 employees Part of a USD 23 billion US investment to expand R&D and advanced manufacturing to reach more patients Basel, February 6, 2026 – Novartis today broke ground on a new, state-of-the-art glo
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