'If governments, healthcare professionals, researchers and charities work in partnership, there is potential for us to reduce the often high costs of drug development and bypass big pharma business models altogether.'

via Catriona Crombie

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

More transparency in drug R&D costs will support pricing policies that ensure global access to lifesaving treatments.
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#MSFsci #TB #PRACTECAL trial cost breakdown. Main divers were staff costs, external diagnostic services, medicines costs.
This sharing of costs reported recently in #TheGuardian
theguardian.com/global-develop…

Amazing to see the brilliant Diz Gotham presenting the results of our study on the costs of the pivotal MSF TB-PRACTECAL clinical trial at #MSFSci

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#MSF Sci #TB #PRACTECAL clinical trial showed that #BPaLM regimen was superior to the standard of care and influenced #WHO #TB treatment recommendations. Detailed costs of clinical trials are rarely shared publicly. Enter #MSF clinical trial transparency policy.

This is why it’s important to be transparent about the costs of clinical trials - we could drive down costs of new treatments, improve budgeting and assist funding. #MSFSci and #TBPractecal showing the value of the transparency - the 1st time trial costs have been published

Dzintars Gothams expertly breaks down the cost analysis for TB clinical trial: TB-PRACTECAL.

Helping make drug development process more transparent💊

#clinicaltransparency #MSFSci MSF Access Campaign

We continue to witness a shocking increase in extreme violence & restrictions against Palestinians in the West Bank, Palestine.

🔴 479 Palestinians, including 116 children, have been killed by Israeli forces & settlers in the West Bank since 7 October👇
msf.org/palestinians-f…

Yet another hospital in Gaza has been forced to close.

The intensification of the onslaught by Israeli forces in Rafah, Gaza, has forced us to stop providing lifesaving care at Rafah Indonesian Field hospital on May 12.
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When global health financing priorities depend on the terms of a divorce

Children's hospitals are now producing gene therapies to save kids lives because pharma will only do it if they make extortionate profits - or they drop out.

GOSH says 'these treatments 'don't literally cost 1m' and could cost one-tenth of this'

New evacuation orders for parts of Rafah have forced MSF to begin referring the remaining 22 patients at the Rafah Indonesian Field Hospital to other facilities, as we can no longer guarantee their safety.

It is clear that the world does not see all humans as humans

This quote from Paul Farmer is worth re-reading:

“If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?”

'As the sun was setting last evening, a developed country diplomat told us, “The G7 expected that developing countries, including the Africa Group would give in, after all they need the treaty more than high income countries.” World Health Organization (WHO) #PandemicTreaty #INB9

The Bibby Stockholm

Given where we are, this is obviously weak, but it's still better than the UK's position. Today Cameron announced full-scale invasion of Rafah would not lead to a halt in British arms sales 😡 This is scandalous. 1/3

''Medicines are not handbags, Solidarity is just a word...''

Read my remarks at the 2024 Boehm Lecture
-Hosted by the Dalla Lana School of Public Health U of T Public Health & CBC RADIO CBC Radio's Ideas

📲 Health Justice Initiative - HJI

Special thanks to Nahlah Ayed for moderating🙏🏾

It was an honour.

The glitz and glamour of a Davos-style event with vague promises of 'advancing science' distracts from the elephant in the room which is Novo Nordisk Foundation is unlikely to (voluntarily) solve problems @novonordisk caused.

I have a dayjob so will keep it to just the last year. 1/🧵

Hospitals are not a target.

Syrian Girl 🇸🇾