Novartis Corporation has what the doctor ordered. As the US headquarters of Switzerland-based Novartis AG, the unit handles administration, sales, and marketing for a vast product line of prescription drugs, vaccines, consumer medicines, and veterinary products. Novartis Corporation also oversees the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, which is headquartered in the US, and charged with the job of discovering new medicines to add to the company's ever-expanding pipeline. Novartis Corporation also headlines dozens of other US business units, including Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NPC) and the US locations of Novartis' Alcon ophthalmics and Sandoz generics businesses.