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Dengue
Feature stories
December 18, 2008
NITD: Combating neglected tropical diseases
The Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases aims to discover novel treatments and prevention methods for major tropical diseases.
March 19, 2008
NVGH blazes a trail: Effective and affordable vaccines for the developing world
Many eminent scientists are contributing to the Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health, the first research center established by a major vaccine manufacturer with a nonprofit mission - to discover and develop vaccines for “neglected” diseases of the developing world.
August 13, 2007
NITD: Rejuvenating Research in Neglected Diseases
The Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), part of Novartis Corporate Research, set out five years ago to apply leading-edge tools of biomedical research to tropical diseases such as dengue fever and tuberculosis that take a daunting toll among patients in the developing world.
June 26, 2007
Novartis and leading research organizations join forces to fight Dengue fever
As part of the Singapore Dengue Consortium, the Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD) and 10 other scientific bodies will share information and findings to better understand the virus which causes fever, severe joint pain and in some cases hemorrhage, shock and death.

