Novartis Vaccines

Premier National Sponsor

Novartis Vaccines, a Proud National Sponsor of PTA, is the world's fifth-largest vaccines business and the world's second-largest manufacturer of flu vaccines.  The mission of Novartis Vaccines is to help protect individuals worldwide from infection by providing innovative, safe and reliable vaccines.

Novartis Vaccines is fully committed to supporting public health efforts to reduce the incidence of seasonal influenza (or “the flu”) and especially to supporting this year’s expanded recommendations for universal vaccination of school-aged children.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the best way to help prevent influenza is to receive an annual vaccination.  To support this public health mission, Novartis Vaccines has partnered with PTA and Flu Busters for a nationwide influenza vaccination campaign “Let’s Fight Flu Together!”, which offers vaccination clinics for students and their families, teachers and community members at participating PTA schools and community sites across the United States. Our hope is that these accessible vaccination clinics will help bring influenza vaccines to as many families as possible, keeping more students and teachers in school and parents at work this influenza season. To find a clinic near you, please visit www.pta.org/flushotclinics.

In addition to manufacturing vaccines for influenza, Novartis Vaccines global business has important meningococcal, pediatric and travel vaccine franchises. The company's global portfolio of products includes vaccines for influenza, meningitis, rabies, tick-borne encephalitis, Haemophilus influenzae B (Hib), polio, mumps, measles and rubella and diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough). For more information, please visit: http://www.novartisvaccines.com.