Bethany Potten

R&D and Biotech cheerleader, Podcast enthusiast, Nerdfighter.

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@JNJNews You did it @JNJNews! Really proud to have been able to witness a business with the power to make a huge difference, choosing to be on the right side of history. Thank you for not enforcing the secondary patent on Bedaquiline. So many more people will now be able to be cured of TB

[🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢 @johngreen]

BIG NEWS: @JNJNews just publicly confirmed it will not enforce its secondary bedaquiline patents in ANY of 134 low- and middle-income countries. That's HUGE. Full credit to Johnson & Johnson for this commitment. This is what we've been waiting for. https://t.co/Pudd42b1EY

[🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢 @johngreen]

Are you familiar with the printer ink business model? Sell a printer for a modest profit because you'll make the real money from forcing people to buy your ink? IT's also known as the razor blade business model.
Danaher sells its diagnostic machines at a small profit and then price gouges for tests--thus denying millions access to affordable, accurate tests for tuberculosis. And then THEY BRAG ABOUT IT TO THEIR SHAREHOLDERS. Just listen to @DanaherCorp CEO Rainer Blair. #PeopleOverProfits

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@JNJNews Looking forward to your announcement about making generic bedaquiline a possibility in the countries where it's really needed. This is a giant win that we will celebrate with you.

[ellie 🏳️‍🌈 @daysnotlived]

Hey @Neutrogena, I don't appreciate your parent company's @JNJGlobalHealth @JNJNews evergreening of the bedaquiline patent. This action will kill millions of people in the next 4 years. I can make the tiny effort to find new sunscreen in support of #PatientsNotPatents

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@Cornelius_007 @johngreen You are correct, they are not extending the original patent. They are continuing to use a 2nd patent for a minor part of the overall drug that has another 4 years of validity left. https://t.co/ayksGPVObj

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@JNJNews @SolveMIT @ClinifyHealth @Certintell "We believe our first responsibility is to the patients" that's the first line of the J&J credo. Drop the patent on bedaquiline and save 6 million lives. Or let those people die a horrible death and potentially spawn a new, drug-resistant TB. Your choice. #PatientsNotPatents

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@YvetteDAth Looking forward to hearing the plan for rolling out the 6mth-5yr Moderna doses now that the TGA has approved it! This has been very long awaited. (hopefully ATAGI advice is quick to follow).

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@TGAgovau Would love an updated on those 6mth-5yrs covid vaccinations. When can we protect some of our youngest? https://t.co/IkL7z9YD5D(TGA,months%20to%205%20years%20old.

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@TGAgovau Will you allow Pfizer to submit their 2-dose data for 6m-5y/o prior to the 3rd dose data? The sooner we can start protecting them, the better. I am particularly concerned about possible long term consequences of contracting C19 with no protection
https://t.co/rdGjSezkYP

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@harvestind @qldhealth @QldAmbulance Too bad children under 12 don't have that luxury.

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@truebluedude500 @MatPatGT I don't suppose you have a link to this morning's stream?

[Annastacia Palaszczuk @a_palaszczuk]

COVID-19 Update: The Queensland Health Minister @YvetteDath is speaking in Brisbane. #covid19 https://t.co/iM817WW2th

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@TinyLou_13 US should have the vaccine for 6months+ by Q1 2022 so I'm hoping Q2 for us.

[Annastacia Palaszczuk @a_palaszczuk]

COVID-19 Update: The Queensland Premier is speaking in Brisbane. #covid19 https://t.co/920HsVkHjX

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@TinyLou_13 If you include cute baby photos, everyone seems to overlook the delay!

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@truthwhisperer9 @qldhealthnews Yes! This is still a serious disease. It hasn't magically become safe. Positive cases still need to quarentine & we need those who might have been exposed to be found & tested. We still need to protect those too young or too sick to be vaccinated.

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@covidbaseau @VicGovDH Do you have hospitalisations by age? Most interested in the 0-11 group who can't yet be vaccinated.

[Bethany Potten @BethanyPotten]

@jpmdsantos @hankgreen I understand your point. This is an AND situation. If we can remove plastic currently in the ocean, we prevent it breaking into microplastics which are a lot harder (impossible?) to remove. We also want to stop it going in in th first place.