Sandoz: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Sandoz (SIX: SDZ) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland that owns 14 consumer brands.[1]
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%.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Sandoz Group AG
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇨🇭 Basel, Switzerland
- Founded
- 1886
- Tickers
- SIX: SDZ
- Website
- www.sandoz.com
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
Sandoz in numbers
- Sandoz owns 14 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is healthcare & pharma with 14 brands.[1]
- 2 of its brands originated outside Switzerland.
Everything Sandoz owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Sandoz in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 5493000JWK6XWFEUD320
- Registered name
- Sandoz Group AG (CH)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 19 May 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
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 · Brand: Sandoz
- 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 · Brand: Sandoz
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
What brands does Sandoz own?
Sandoz owns 14 consumer brands tracked here, including Jubbonti, Sandoz, Lek, Hyrimoz, Omnitrope and Binocrit.
Is Sandoz a Swiss company?
Yes. Sandoz is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland and was founded in 1886.
Who owns Sandoz?
Sandoz is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as SDZ on the SIX.
Sources (2) & 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.
- [2] Novartis AG Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2005-01-28 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 28 January 2005; retrieved 23 October 2026.
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