Guangdong Governor Zhu Xiaodan met with Richard Francis, member of the Executive Committee of Novartis and Global CEO of Sandoz on 19th. The two sides negotiated about strengthening cooperation and project exchanges in medical field. Mayor Chen Liangxian accompanied the meeting.
Zhu Xiaodan said in the meeting that Novartis, the world's second-largest pharmaceutical company, has a long-term friendly cooperation with Guangdong Province. Zhu also hoped Novartis to provide continuous intelligence support for Guangdong’s biomedical industry, and to further expand the cooperation relations. The chronic disease management system is one of the important cooperation programs.