Visionary: Silke Mader has a vision for the care of premature infants and their parents

For some people, experiences of profound hardship can be the beginning of the end. Others do their best to cope and move on. A small percentage of people take their difficult experience and use it to change the world. Silke Mader, Chairwoman and co-founder of the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI), is one such person.

Twenty-two years ago, Ms. Mader gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, at only 25 weeks. Her baby girl died but her son Lukas survived, and was admitted to the neonatology intensive care unit, where he had to stay for several months. One …

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Novartis announces new strategy to provide innovative medicines to more patients in sub-Saharan Africa

  • The strategy is aligned with the Novartis Access Principles, which aim to systematically integrate access strategies in how the company researches, develops and delivers medicines globally
     
  • A newly formed sub-Saharan Africa unit will deploy innovative approaches to increase patient reach across the full income pyramid
     
  • Novartis is building on its established activities in malaria, cancer, sickle cell and cardiovascular diseases as well as proven social business models on the continent
     
  • A quarter of …
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