Can Novartis really make its medicines available to everyone?
Novartis launched a new strategy in sub-Saharan Africa in 2019. Sales people will no longer be incentivised by sales targets but rather by patients reached. Reuters / Baz Ratner
Swiss pharma firm Novartis has said it wants everyone in the world to be able to access its products, even multi-million-dollar gene therapies. Can its experiment work?
This content was published on February 10, 2021 - 09:00
February 10, 2021 - 09:00
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Jessica covers the good, the bad, and the ugly when it comes to big global companies and their impact in Switzerland and abroad. She’s always looking for a Swiss connection with her native San Francisco and will happily discuss why her hometown has produced some of the greatest innovations but can’t seem to solve its housing crisis.
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Dubai: Woke up to seeing NTD Day on your phone where the service provider name usually shows? It stands for the World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day and this year marks the second time the day has been observed.
Reem Al Hashimi, Minister for State for International Cooperation, announced the observance of the day in 2020 at the Reaching the Last Mile event at Louvre Abu Dhabi. She said at the event that the initiative was designed to galvanise efforts to tackle such conditions, which include river blindness, guinea-worm and trachoma, and predominantly affect the world’s poorest communities. Today [January 30] marks the second time the day is being officialy observed.
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January 30th to Mark the Second Annual World NTD Day
Reaching the Last MileJanuary 29, 2021 GMT
Annual day designed to raise awareness and engage the general public in the urgent effort to #BeatNTDs
Following a year of unprecedented global health awareness due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the day aims to draw broader public awareness to the fight to end NTDs
The WHO Executive Board recommended support of World NTD Day, an important milestone in adding the day to the official global calendar
Inspired by the new WHO NTD Roadmap, the day will emphasize the critical need for partnerships and cross-industry collaboration to bring an end to this group of preventable diseases
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