Novartis today announced the launch of Novartis Access, a portfolio of 15 medicines to treat chronic diseases in low- and low-middle-income countries. The portfolio addresses cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, respiratory illnesses, and breast cancer and will be offered to governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other public-sector healthcare providers for USD 1 per treatment, per month.

Novartis today announced updated data from the Phase III COMBI-v study showing a significant overall survival benefit for patients with BRAF V600E/K mutation-positive metastatic melanoma when treated with the combination of Tafinlar® (dabrafenib) + Mekinist® (trametinib) compared to vemurafenib monotherapy.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and Moffitt Cancer Center today announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement as part of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Immuno-Oncology Rare Population Malignancy (I-O RPM) program in the U.S. The I-O RPM program is a multi-institutional initiative with academic-based cancer centers focused on the clinical investigation of immuno-oncology therapeutics as potential treatment options for patients with high risk, poor prognostic cancers, defined as a rare population malignancy.

Lilly Diabetes has expanded its collection of resources for families of children with type 1 diabetes with the publication of Go, Team Coco! The story is the fourth Disney book in a series featuring Coco, a charismatic and fun-loving monkey who has type 1 diabetes. The book is available from most pediatric endocrinologists' offices in the U.S.

Pfizer Consumer Healthcare has announced the launch of Centrum®VitaMints®, a great-tasting and easy-to-take multivitamin that offers consumers the essential nutrients they can enjoy like a mint, from Centrum®, a brand they know and trust.

Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Translational Sciences, Inc. to develop and commercialize its novel thrombus (blood clot) dissolving agent, TS23, which is currently undergoing Phase I clinical trials.

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