Leprosy is an ancient disease that currently infects more than 200 000 people each year. For more than three decades, Novartis and the Novartis Foundation has been working to reduce the incidence of leprosy, and the Novartis Foundation recently helped establish the Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy in an effort to eliminate the disease.

COVID-19 is disrupting Africa’s health services – potentially undermining decades of progress on child health.

The Corporate Reputation of Pharma 2019 global report reflects the findings of a survey conducted by PatientView with patient organizations worldwide.

We’re thrilled to announce that Novartis, a proudly Swiss company, is an official partner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, hosted in our headquarters city of Basel, Switzerland.

Novartis poised to expand impact on human health as it begins next era.

Novartis announced it has partnered with Versant Ventures (Versant) to form Borealis Biosciences (Borealis), an independent, discovery-stage biotechnology company based in Vancouver, Canada, focused on developing next-generation xRNA-based medicines for kidney diseases. xRNA, a core technology platform for Novartis, can target the body’s natural mRNA to modulate the production of proteins that cause disease.