News Archive

June 2020

• Media ReleaseJun 25, 2020

  Novartis announces winners of the Innovation Prize for Assistive Tech, rewarding new technologies that could improve mobility and independence of people living with multiple sclerosis

  The Novartis Innovation Prize: Assistive Tech for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) was initiated in 2019 as part of a commitment to innovation in Neuroscience to identify and encourage technology ideas from…
• Featured NewsJun 24, 2020

  Novartis research shows technology talent increasingly drawn to pharma industry since COVID-19

  Novartis revealed the healthcare and pharma industry has emerged as a desired career destination for tech talent during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the Powerful Pairing research report launched today.

• Media ReleaseJun 24, 2020

  Novartis research shows technology talent increasingly drawn to pharma industry since COVID-19, to solve healthcare challenges

  83% of technology (tech) professionals would consider working in healthcare and pharma, with 72% more likely to consider it compared to six months ago 86% of tech professionals agree: the…
• In The NewsJun 23, 2020

  Breaking Through The Glass Ceiling - A Spring For Women In Artificial Intelligence
• In The NewsJun 22, 2020

  The Curious Advantage: Curiosity – The CEO and The Chief People and Organization Officer Perspective

  Vas Narasimhan, CEO of Novartis and Steven Baert, Novartis’ Chief People and Organization Officer join the authors of The Curious Advantage Simon Brown, Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones, to…
• Media ReleaseJun 19, 2020

  Novartis discontinues hydroxychloroquine clinical trial based on slow enrollment, remains committed to pandemic research efforts

  Study discontinued due to feasibility of recruitment; no safety issues have been reported or efficacy conclusions made Novartis remains committed to ongoing research and development for COVID-19…
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  StoryJun 18, 2020 Access to Healthcare

  Streamlining systems to respond to COVID-19

  Paul Aliu and his team quickly address requests for Novartis medicines during the pandemic.

• Featured NewsJun 18, 2020

  World Sickle Cell Day 2020

  Standing by people with sickle cell disease and their families

• Media ReleaseJun 18, 2020

  Novartis expands Africa Sickle Cell Disease program to Uganda and Tanzania

  New collaborations aim to reduce the burden of sickle cell disease (SCD) in East Africa and improve access to high quality care Program continues progress in Ghana with more than 2000 patients…
• Key ReleaseJun 17, 2020

  Novartis Cosentyx® receives FDA approval for new indication to treat active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

  FDA approval for Cosentyx® is based on the Phase III PREVENT trial,  demonstrating efficacy in active non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA), which is part of the axial…
• Featured NewsJun 16, 2020

  Day of the African Child 2020

  COVID-19 is disrupting Africa’s health services – potentially undermining decades of progress on child health.

• StatementJun 15, 2020

  Standing for Racial Equity and Justice as One Novartis