This document discusses two social entrepreneurs, Novartis and the Singapore Heart Foundation. Novartis is a pharmaceutical company founded in 1996 in Basel, Sweden with a mission to cure and prevent disease through affordable and innovative medicines. The Singapore Heart Foundation was originally called the Singapore National Heart Association and was formed in 1970 with a mission to promote heart health and reduce cardiovascular disease and stroke due to rising heart disease cases. The document also notes Novartis has helped provide medicines to the poor in Africa.

1. BB Venture (Health)

2. Social Entrepreneurs
 Novartis
 Singapore Heart Foundation

3. Introduction and history of
Novartis
 Founded in Basel, Sweden in 1996
 Medicinal Company
 Mission is to ease suffering and enhance
quality of life by curing and preventing
diseases.
 They want to make affordable medicines
and innovate ways to make medicine.

4. Introduction and history of
Singapore Heart Foundation
 Formerly known as the Singapore National
Heart Association
 Formed in 1970, its mission is to promote
heart health, prevent and reduce disability
and death due to cardiovascular diseases
and stroke
 Formed due to the rising cases of death
by heart diseases.

5. Impact of Novartis
 They have helped the poor people of
Africa by giving them medicines and
saving them from their diseases.
 They plan to use natural ingredients and
minimize the environmental impacts in
their medicines.

6.  Sources taken from:
 http://www.novartis.com/index.shtml
 http://www.hpb.gov.sg/HOPPortal/
 http://www.myheart.org.sg/
 Team members: Jian Hong, Jovial, Sheng
Liang