Stories

Sharing Key Insights and Lessons to Accelerate Progress.

What happens when a patient’s only treatment hope rests with a promising but not yet locally approved therapy? At Novartis, we are providing a lifeline of access to innovative medicines under review or not yet approved locally when no other treatment options are available.

Thierry Diagana and Jonathan Spector from the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD) discuss learnings about their work in Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and share insights into the factors, which could lead to a resurgence of these diseases.

Sickle cell disease disproportionately affects babies in Africa, but many go undiagnosed due to lack of screening. Newborn screening is needed to save lives and improve care.

Raising awareness of the ways in which prostate cancer can affect the sexual minority and gender minority communities.

Low- and middle-income countries will account for some three in four of the world’s cancer deaths within the next decade without better access to care. It’s a gap Amy Israel and her team at Novartis are trying to bridge.

Thierry Diagana and his team are on a quest to discover new therapeutics for malaria. He believes malaria elimination is within our grasp, but emerging drug resistance could jeopardize the hard-fought progress.

One patient’s story reveals the hidden obstacles to better health – and opportunities to help clear them.

John Tsai, Head of Global Drug Development and Chief Medical Officer, describes how he balances innovation and patient needs.

Novartis works with visual artist Noma Bar and international patient group MDS Alliance to send a message of hope to people living with myelodysplastic syndromes.