Novartis headquarters raided in Swiss competition authority's patent probe

Some guests recently “visited” Novartis’ headquarters in Basel, the company said. But, according to Switzerland’s competition watchdog, it was a raid.

The Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) said it has opened an investigation into an unnamed pharma company about possible unlawful use of a patent to stymie competition. As part of the probe, the agency conducted an early morning raid of the company’s offices on Tuesday, the agency said Thursday.