@johngreen After today's livestream I was convinced to get the Cutie John bundle, so let that be evidence that you're good at marketing! (Also I just got my ears pierced for the first time ever earlier this year so this feels like fate.) #Pizzamas
Great news from @DanaherCorp@CepheidNews this morning! Thank you for listening and taking steps to make TB tests more affordable in low-income countries! We look forward to continuing to work with you on getting even more people access to your amazing tests! #PeopleOverProfits
HUGE NEWS and what it means: This morning, @USAID, @StopTB, and @GlobalFund jointly announced that Danaher will lower the price of their standard TB test cartridge by 20% to $7.97. This isn't the 50% reduction we hoped for BUT...
@DanaherCorp is also committing to ZERO profit in their distribution of standard TB tests to impoverished communities. They will sell the cartridges at cost and bring in an "internationally accredited third-party" to assess prices and adjust them accordingly so that Danaher earns no profit from selling these cartridges. That is a huge deal. It means if Danaher's costs decline with increased volume, the price of the cartridges will further decline.
Just for some perspective, if (conservatively) 10 million cartridges are sold annually at the reduced price, this deal would save the poorest communities and those who serve them $200,000,000 over the next decade.
This is a massive win for people living with and fighting TB around the world, and it's a credit to years of activism by @MSF_access, @TAGTeam_Tweets, @PIH, and others.
There are many questions still outstanding, of course, and we hope that Danaher will take a similar course with their extensively drug resistant TB test cartridges. But I for one am very grateful to be able to celebrate today, even as the fight for universal access to treatment and diagnostics continues.
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I can't meme good but if I could I'd make one about how it's Saturday and I could be thinking about Saturday things but instead I'm thinking about how @DanaherCorp and @CepheidNews could lower their TV test prices to $5, save lives, and still profit #Timefor5#People
Also what a great move it would be for the @DanaherCorp execs to announce the cut of the TB test prices on a Friday before a lovely weekend off basking in the public celebration of their choice to save more lives from TB! @CepheidNews#PeopleOverProfits#Timefor5#happyfr
Every morning I wake up excited and hopeful that maybe today's the day @DanaherCorp and @CepheidNews have lowered the cost of their live-saving TB tests to $5. Y'all can still be heroes! #Timefor5#PeopleOverProfits
.@DanaherCorp has shut down their public-facing phone line. I guess they don't love hearing from the public. That's odd, because they were happy to accept over $250,000,000 of public money to develop their GeneXpert Machine.
Hey @DanaherCorp and @CepheidNews I've got a great playlist that I think you'll really enjoy while you figure out how you're going to lower the cost of your TB tests to $5! #PeopleOverProfits#timefor5 https://t.co/12VntrEwgw
@DanaherCorp and @CepheidNews you're about to be famous. It's up to you whether it's for saving lives or pricing people out of their literal existences. It's #Timefor5 so we can finally have #PeopleOverProfits
Supplement company which gives all its profits to charity: The Awesome Poop Club! I thought that was obvious! (Also I'd be a day-one subscriber) @hankgreen@johngreen@dearhankandjohn