With extensive experience in public health management, having worked for the International Red Cross, among others, and as a doctor in emergency situations on the ground in Africa and Asia— Ann Aerts discusses the Novartis Foundation's new leprosy strategy.

When Laurie Brunner found a lump in her breast just before Thanksgiving in 2018, it was the beginning of one of the most difficult periods of her life. Although treatment put her cancer into remission, she found herself dealing with an emotional toll that affects many survivors of early-stage breast cancer: the fear of it coming back.

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Novartis innovation and events such as mHealth Challenge enable patients to access data and personal information about their health via mobile devices.

Research exploring the first visible changes in the brain is helping scientists evaluate new potential treatments for Alzheimer’s.

Novartis collaborates with Homology Medicines to adapt and refine genome editing technology.

A Novartis team couriers an experimental treatment across Europe to a patient as transit grinds to a halt.