Novartis Foundation Publications

The proceedings of the Foundation's symposia are published in book form and have been sold worldwide. So far, we have held over 350 symposia on a wide range of subjects, from organic chemistry, biology and medicine to agriculture and environmental science.

The publications that result from these meetings are not typical of normal symposium volumes, which are often just a collection of papers submitted by the speakers. In our meetings, roughly half of the time is allotted to discussion, and this forms an integral part of the book, carefully edited to retain the flavour of verbal interchange whilst ensuring accuracy and readability.