Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has opened a non-profit research institute in northern Italy to develop vaccines for neglected diseases prevalent in the developing world. The new Novartis Vaccines Institute for Global Health is based in Siena, the home of Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics. It will be managed independently of the commercial vaccine company and will have its own team, focusing initially on diarrhoeal diseases that have been overlooked by the major research hinders. Diarrhoeal diseases cause more deaths per year among children under five than malaria and AIDS together," says Rino Rappuoli, global head of vaccine research at Novartis, who has been the force behind the venture.
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