Basel, April 8, 2020 — Patient safety is at the heart of everything we do. Whenever adverse events are reported, we take them seriously and investigate them thoroughly.

As part of its safety surveillance program, Novartis has been actively evaluating post-marketing cases reported as severe vision loss, retinal artery occlusion and/or vasculitis with Beovu® (brolucizumab). We have been working closely with the reporting physicians and retina specialists to get their perspective and collect the relevant clinical and imaging data in a manner compliant with …

Chagas disease is a major public health challenge. It affects approximately 6 million people1, mainly in Latin America. Less than 1% of affected individuals receive proper treatment2

For the first time, the global community is preparing to celebrate April, 14 as the first World Chagas Disease Day. One of the aims is to raise the visibility and public awareness of people with Chagas disease and the resources needed for the prevention, control or elimination of the disease3.

Chagas disease is one of four Novartis global health flagship programs …