Who owns Sandoz?
Sandoz is owned by Sandoz Group AG (Switzerland, SIX: SDZ).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Sandoz Group AG Integrated Annual Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sandoz Group AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Basel
- Origin
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland, Basel
- Category
- Healthcare & pharma › Drug makers › Generics & biosimilars
- Parent ticker
- SIX: SDZ
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sandoz
Sandoz is the umbrella brand for the generic and biosimilar medicines of Sandoz Group, which the 2025 annual report calls the world's leading provider of generic and biosimilar medicines. The report dates its antibiotics business to 1946, when a former brewery in Kundl, Austria became a penicillin factory, and reports 2025 generics sales of USD 7,794 million.
Ownership timeline of Sandoz
Where Sandoz sits in Sandoz
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sandoz
Sandoz controls 14 brands on Brandtree, 14 of them in healthcare & pharma.
Also in healthcare & pharma
Other brands in generics & biosimilars, and who owns them
Sandoz has more brands in generics & biosimilars on Brandtree than any other owner: 14 of 18.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Amneal | Amneal | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Nise | Dr. Reddy's | 🇮🇳 India |
| AvKARE | Amneal | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Omez | Dr. Reddy's | 🇮🇳 India |
About the owner: Sandoz
Sandoz is a publicly listed company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, founded in 1886. Brandtree records 14 brands under its control, and it is listed as SIX: SDZ.
Sandoz is a Basel generics and biosimilars company that traces itself to the business Alfred Kern and Edouard Sandoz founded 140 years before 2026. Sandoz and Ciba-Geigy merged into Novartis in 1996; Sandoz was later re-established as Novartis's generics and biosimilars arm and was spun off on 4 October 2023, when its shares began trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Its 2025 net sales were USD 11,086 million, of which biosimilars were 30%.
🇨🇭 Sandoz and other Swiss brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 128 brands that began in Switzerland. 35 of them (27%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sandoz is not one of them.
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- Aktifit — Emmi 🇨🇭
- Andermatt-Sedrun — Vail Resorts 🇺🇸
- Artevia — Holcim 🇨🇭
- AutoScout24 (Switzerland) — SMG Swiss Marketplace Group 🇨🇭
Official recalls involving Sandoz products
2 recall notices from government regulators matched to Sandoz. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Cyclophosphamide Injection 500 mg/5 mL (100 mg/mL), Hazardous Drug, Rx Only, Sterile, 5mL Multiple Dose Vial, Manufactured in Austria by Fareva Unterach GmbH… — FDA, · Class II
Reason given: cGMP deviations: Temperature excursion during transportation.
Recalling firm: Sandoz Inc
- Buffered Penicillin G Potassium for Injection, USP 20,000,000 Units (20 million units), For IV use, Sterile, Rx Only, Manufactured in Austria by Sandoz GmbH… — FDA, · Class I
Reason given: Labeling: Label Mix-Up; Some vials of Cefazolin for Injection, USP 1 gram were incorrectly labeled as penicillin G potassium for Injection, USP, 20 million Unit
Recalling firm: Sandoz Inc
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sandoz?
The parent company of Sandoz is Sandoz Group AG, a publicly listed company headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Sandoz Swiss?
Yes. Sandoz originated in Switzerland and its owner, Sandoz Group AG, is also headquartered in Switzerland.
Is Sandoz still owned by Sandoz Group AG?
Yes. As of 21 October 2026, Sandoz is still owned by Sandoz Group AG. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Sandoz Group AG Integrated Annual Report 2025 — Sandoz Group AG, Annual report; retrieved 21 October 2026.
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