Novartis India chief outlines how the company is navigating the challenging business environment amid the coronavirus pandemic, including for its for-profit social business. Digital solutions are a key part of these efforts and the executive offers advice for those struggling to balance the work-life mix in these testing times.

Entresto has narrowly failed to hit the primary endpoint in a Phase III trial in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, a potentially lucrative indication with no approved treatments.

Natco has launched a cut-price version of sacubitril/valsartan (Novartis' Entresto) on the Indian market and is also believed to have opposed the patent for the heart failure therapy.