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Millions of children face disease, malnutrition in war-torn Yemen: U.N.

By Kieran Guilbert LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Escalating violence in Yemen has devastated the country’s health system and exposed millions of children to the threat of preventable diseases including measles, pneumonia and diarrhea, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said on Tuesday. Since fighting intensified in March, many hospitals and health centers have been unable to function properly and vaccination services have been disrupted, according to UNICEF. Health centers

Novartis to test new pricing model with heart failure drug

By Ben Hirschler BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) – Novartis plans to test a novel pricing model with some customers when it launches its keenly awaited new heart failure drug Entresto, the Swiss company’s head of pharmaceuticals said on Tuesday. How the product should be priced, however, is a dilemma for Novartis, since the company wants to reach as many patients as possible and it knows it will be competing with very