There is no project on our side to participate in this consolidation trend because we cannot ensure this growth. Joe Jimenez More Quotes by Joe Jimenez More Quotes From Joe Jimenez There's a put( option) in 2018 but as long as there's value that's going to continue to be generated here, we are happy to participate in it. Joe Jimenez health-news The UK is an important market for us. There are many countries in Europe, namely Switzerland, which are not in the EU, and we continue to invest in those countries as well as in the EU, we will continue to invest strongly in the UK despite the decision to exit the EU as we see very large areas of unmet medical need and the innovation Novartis brings can help patients in the UK. Joe Jimenez company-news We all have to plan for new pricing models in the U.S that could help us ensure sustainability of the system as the U.S. population ages. We are planning for a environment where there are not increases in price in the U.S.. Joe Jimenez company-news I had said it would take about five years to see a product on the market, the calendar is light and we are already developing a technological lens prototype (that) should be tested on humans in 2016. Joe Jimenez company-news In the United States, we proposed to insurers a differentiated price calculated according to length of stay, few insurers entered in the field. They told us that the system was too complicated. Joe Jimenez company-news This project is progressing well. Joe Jimenez company-news I think there's a conscious effort to slow it down a bit, then on top of that, you have what's happening from an economy standpoint in the stated shift towards what they're calling sustainable economic growth, which is leading to lower overall growth rates. Joe Jimenez healthcare We'll have to take a hard look at what's in Switzerland and what could move outside. Joe Jimenez company-news We've done more than most but certainly not enough. You're going to see a continued focus from this company that will be quite technology agnostic, It may be niche today but in the future I think it is going to be front and center as to how diseases are managed. Joe Jimenez technology If there were a wearable device that could help the patient and their physician understand whether or not to come to the hospitals then that, together with our drug, could be a very potent combination, It doesn't mean we will own the technologies, but it does mean the technologies will play an important role in the management of disease. Joe Jimenez technology