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Discovery

Need for new heart disease medicines drives wave of potential therapies

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The inflammasome
Discovery

Breaking a vicious cycle of inflammation

Investigator leaving a hut in Kenya
Access to Healthcare

Novartis Access impact evaluation: progress update on our work with Boston University

Raphael, 24, got his blood pressure tested when he dropped into a local shop. Shopkeeper Dorothy has been trained to conduct the blood pressure screening.
Access to Healthcare

Improving lives through community-based care

Big data reveals new patterns
Discovery

Embracing big data to understand complex diseases

Novartis calls for end to gender inequality gaps in COPD care on International Women’s Day #PressforProgress
Access to Healthcare

Positive gains are needed to accelerate change for women with lung disease

B-cells mount an attack
Patient Perspectives

Targeting the roots of Sjögren’s syndrome

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Patient Perspectives

Led by Steven Taylor, the Sjögren’s Syndrome Foundation is raising awareness of a little-known autoimmune disease

Syrian refugees ponder an uncertain future: Zakiya, one of the daughters of Hamid, with her son Waleed, age 10, in their makeshift home.
Access to Healthcare

Helping Syrian refugees manage chronic diseases

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Field officers survey households in rural Kenya.
Access to Healthcare

Novartis invites scrutiny of effort to improve access to medicine