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Breaking down barriers for patients with sickle cell disease

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

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Demystifying the science of myelodysplastic syndromes

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.

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Novartis signs new initial agreement with BioNTech to support fill and finish of the mRNA Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

Basel, October 21, 2021 — Novartis announced today that it has signed an initial agreement to leverage its manufacturing capacity and capabilities to address the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding its support of the fill and finish of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Novartis will use its sterile manufacturing facilities at its Novartis Technical…

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Novartis Cosentyx® builds on its axSpA leadership with US label update for dosing flexibility in ankylosing spondylitis

Basel, January 31, 2020 — Novartis, a leader in rheumatology and immuno-dermatology, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a label update for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) to include the option for up-titration to a 300 mg dose for adults with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

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Photographer Captures Patients Around the World Persevering With ITP

To showcase how people living with ITP triumph and persevere, Novartis partnered with photographer Kate T. Parker on a series of photo essays.

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A blood cancer patient’s long road to diagnosis

Ilona, a patient living with polycythemia vera, shares her experiences with this rare blood cancer

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

COPD receives low attention as a women’s health issue. It’s time to change that.

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Turning the sound up on patient voices in lung cancer research and development

Global Oncology Patient Insights Panels (GOPIPs) are giving patients and advocates a critical voice in advancing lung cancer trials.

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Your Genes, Your Melanoma

Learn about the role of precision oncology in advanced melanoma treatment.

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Speaking Up in CML

Lisa, a patient living with CML, shares her experience and discusses the importance of speaking up about unmet needs in your disease.

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The realities of living with premenopausal metastatic breast cancer

Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis is difficult, but these young women faced an especially challenging diagnosis: stage IV metastatic breast cancer.

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Rare Every Day: Experiences, challenges and victories of the rare disease community

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