Health

News Hour: Sandoz, a Novartis division, and the pioneer and global leader in biosimilars, announced results from two key studies comparing its  biosimilar etanercept and rituximab candidates with the originator products – Enbrel® and MabThera® respectively. In both...

News Hour: Novartis  announced Phase III data from RESPONSE-2 showing that Jakavi®(ruxolitinib) helped patients with polycythemia vera (PV), who did not have an enlarged spleen and were resistant to or intolerant of hydroxyurea, achieve superior hematocrit...

News Hour: Novartis  announced data from the largest study of its kind confirming the long-term safety profile of Revolade (eltrombopag) in adults with chronic immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenia (ITP), with data for up to 6 years in...

News Hour: Novartis announced  that it will further expand its long-standing partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). Novartis will lead the development of antimalarial compound KAF156 with scientific and financial support from MMV in collaboration...

News Hour: A new analysis published  in JAMA Cardiology has found that timely and broad adoption of Entresto® (sacubitril/valsartan) by all eligible heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) could prevent or postpone more than...

News Hour: Leading regional diabetes experts, ministers of health, donors and national health authorities are gathered in Dar es Salaam  at the World Diabetes Foundation/East African Diabetes Study Group Symposium. Their objective: to explore the national...

News Hour: Little is known about how participating in a diabetes camp affects the health of children and teens with type 1 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa. In response, a WDF project partner has assessed the changes...

News Hour: Kirza Buch Kristensen joined the WDF on 1 February as a Programme Manager. Kirza holds a Master’s Degree in Social Science and Cultural Encounters from the University of Roskilde. Kirza has more than 10...

News Hour: In 2005 and 2007, two WDF projects in Qingdao, China set to work promoting healthy lifestyles and creating awareness of diabetes and its risk factors among local residents. Yanlei Zhang, a student at the...

News Hour: The fourth Women Deliver Conference came to a close  with a focus on solutions to make sure girls and women are at the center of efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) globally...