Novart moved its UK headquarters to London

Novart is moving its UK headquarters to London with a multi-million pound investment to be completed by January 2020.
the Swiss drug giant said it was moving its UK headquarters to the WestWorks building on White City Place, a bold move to join London's most emerging life sciences cluster.
WestWorks is home to many technology and innovation companies.
area is becoming London's newest life sciences cluster and is fast becoming home to a number of groundbreaking life sciences companies and the main new research and innovation parks at Imperial College London.
"The nature of healthcare and medicine is changing, and as we move to a drug-focused company, supported by digital and data, we want to be closer to our customers and partners and better networked in the healthcare and life sciences ecosystem," said Haseeb Ahmad, President of Novarce UK.
continued, "White City is fast becoming one of the UK's life sciences and technology districts, and the spirit of the WestWorks campus complements how we are working towards our strategy of reimagining medicine." Professor David Gann, vice president of innovation at imperial college in
, also commented on the move, noting: "Novart is well suited to White City's thriving life sciences ecosystem, and we hope this initiative will pave the way for new partnerships and partnerships to strengthen our work in this area." (This web article)