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Belén Tarrafeta

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Pharmaceutical Policies. Access to Medicines. Quality of Medicines. Global Health. Institute of Tropical Medicines in Antwerp. Views are only mine. "No reserves del mundo solo un rincón tranquilo" Mario Benedetti

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In 2014, I visited eastern DRC, where @msf.org teams were treating sleeping sickness - the only available treatment was a drug so toxic it killed 1 in 20 patients. In 2026 I'm so proud that, thanks to @dndi.org, patients can be cured with a single dose of a groundbreaking new oral drug, acoziborole.

05.03.2026 10:41 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1

Congrats to our partner @dndi.org on the approval of their drug acoziborole to treat sleeping sickness! 🎉

This neglected disease could now be cured with a safe, single-dose pill, rather than complicated, toxic treatments that have previously been used.

27.02.2026 13:03 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
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#NTDs are uncommon but may be present in #Europe, as mobility & #climate change expand vectors habitat: poor #access to #medicines may leave vulnerable patients untreated & increase risk of local transmission
@lancetrh-europe.bsky.social @itmantwerp.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

26.02.2026 19:00 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Law, Politics, and Expert Panels at the US Food and Drug Administration This Viewpoint discusses the lawfulness and credibility of the US Food and Drug Administration’s recent move to using expert panels rather than advisory committees for decision-making.

No longer is the FDA a model agency: "The result is that the FDA is soliciting advice after it has decided what to do, rather than deciding what to do after hearing and appropriately considering independent experts’ advice." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

15.02.2026 23:38 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

@themrise.bsky.social 💯 and 🙏 (scroll to the bottom 👇)

13.02.2026 08:28 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Las tareas infinitas Nos contaba el muy leído Santi que allá por 1935, el filósofo Edmund Husserl tuvo un éxito apabullante con una conferencia en Viena que dio pie al libro «Las crisis de las ciencias europeas y la fenomenología trascendental». Venía a decir —y puedo no ser muy preciso aquí— que la gran diferencia entre la cultura occidental, europea, frente a otras era su búsqueda de «tareas infinitas».

Las tareas infinitas

Nos contaba el muy leído Santi que allá por 1935, el filósofo Edmund Husserl tuvo un éxito apabullante con una conferencia en Viena que dio pie al libro «Las crisis de las ciencias europeas y la fenomenología trascendental». Venía a decir —y puedo no ser muy preciso aquí— que…

11.02.2026 05:51 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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📹 Vídeo | Israel mata al menos a 32 personas, siete de ellas niños, en bombardeos en Gaza contra edificios y tiendas de campaña de desplazados. Los ataques elevan la cifra de muertos desde el alto el fuego por encima de 510 social.elpais.com/ad1…

31.01.2026 20:09 👍 70 🔁 92 💬 9 📌 3
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Kansas disregards CDC vaccine changes, will trust scientific evidence instead The CDC’s newly released vaccination schedule dropped the number of childhood vaccinations from 17 to 10, a move vigorously disputed by leading health care organizations.

Kansas disregards CDC vaccine changes, will trust scientific evidence instead www.hppr.org/hppr-news/20...

22.01.2026 16:01 👍 44 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0
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Supreme Court agrees to review 'skinny labeling' and generic drug access The Supreme Court agreed to review a controversy over so-called skinny labels for medicines, a decision that will be closely watched for its implications for the availability of generic medicines.

Supreme Court agrees to review ‘skinny labeling’ and generic drug access.. statnews.com/pharmalot/20... #pharma #SCOTUS #patents #generics #SupremeCourt #skinny #Amarin #Hikma

16.01.2026 21:13 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Composition of the @who.int Executive Board #EB158
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11.01.2026 19:46 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The global health community needs to wake up and fight back against the Trump administration. – andrewharmer.org

What I think of Trump and global health in the big 2026
andrewharmer.org/2026/01/06/t...

09.01.2026 17:49 👍 1 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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The successful scaling-up of antiretroviral therapy globally has many lessons for advancing universal health coverage: progress at risk - Globalization and Health Globalization and Health - The expansion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) over the past twenty years is one of the most significant achievements in public health. It has transformed HIV from a...

link.springer.com/article/10.1... Even if at risk today, still worth remembering how it was done

06.01.2026 08:04 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Un equipo de la ONU logra entrar en la ciudad sudanesa de El Fasher tras la masacre de los paramilitares: “Es un lugar fantasma” Bastó un breve recorrido de dos horas para que los primeros testigos externos describan una localidad destruida y prácticamente desierta en la que los muertos y personas en paradero desconocido se cuentan por millares

"A estas alturas, la respuesta de la comunidad internacional debería llenarnos a todos de vergüenza". Bastó un recorrido de dos horas para describir una "ciudad fantasma" en la que los muertos y personas en paradero desconocido se cuentan por millares

05.01.2026 19:17 👍 94 🔁 64 💬 2 📌 3

Creo que en algunas disciplinas de la ciencia se podría hacer mucho más. Es relativamente fácil y accesible una visita guiada en una catedral, una ciudad o un museo. Pero a ver a quien encuentras para que te explique la flora o fauna locales, por ejemplo.

04.01.2026 08:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Joaquin Sevilla Moróder Cultura científica es un concepto sobre el que hay diferentes modelos (video ) y una discusión abierta (sobre los “ modelos de déficit ” fr...

Sobre la diferencia entre ciencia (disciplinar) y cultura científica. Y la segunda como excusa en el aula para pasarlo mejor

En el blog:
joaquinsevilla.blogspot.com/2026/01/cult...

02.01.2026 11:43 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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American food safety could be headed for a breakdown More Americans will be exposed to foodborne illness as a result of this year's funding cuts, food safety experts predict

The infant botulism outbreak that sickened dozens of babies who drank ByHeart formula is a reminder of how vulnerable we all are to the companies that sell us food — and how important it is to have a robust food safety system. www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/a...

28.12.2025 17:11 👍 71 🔁 33 💬 3 📌 2
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Australia issues health alert on fake rabies vaccine, Abhayrab®, in India The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) and Victoria’s Department of Health issued a health alert recently on the circulation of counterfeit batches of the rabies vaccine Abhay...

Australia issues health alert on fake rabies vaccine, Abhayrab®, in India
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...

27.12.2025 22:20 👍 0 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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New science points to 4 distinct types of autism Scientists are redefining autism as a complex condition with multiple forms, challenging traditional notions.

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

26.12.2025 15:09 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Australia and Indonesia achieve WHO Listed Authority status in medical products regulation The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally recognized the regulatory authorities for medical products of Australia and Indonesia as WHO Listed Authorities (WLAs), an achievement that underscores...

@who.int has recognized the regulatory authorities for medical products of #Australia & #Indonesia as WHO Listed Authorities, #WLAs. The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority, #BPOM, is the first #regulatory authority from a middle-income country to get WLA advanced status
www.who.int/news/item/21...

22.12.2025 21:17 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

👏 Congratulations @gardp.bsky.social on this major achievement—a real breakthrough for patients and an important win in the fight against antimicrobial resistance!

We’re especially delighted to see this achievement given our shared history and our joint CMC platform.

#Gonorrhoea #AMR

15.12.2025 10:43 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Medical Product Alert N°7/2025: Falsified IBRANCE (palbociclib) Alert SummaryThis WHO Medical Product Alert refers to nine lots of falsified IBRANCE (palbociclib). These falsified products have been detected in Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya and Türkiye and ...

@who.int alerts about 9 lots of #falsified #IBRANCE ( #palbociclib) for breast #cancer, detected in #CotedIvoire, #Egypt, #Lebanon, #Libya, #Türkiye. Offered online & found at pharmacy level, they do NOT contain active ingredient, with high #risk of death.
www.who.int/news/item/15...

16.12.2025 05:50 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

On transparency , this is the agreement. Parliament did not manage to get its ammendment on transparency on INDIRECT funding (which is the main funding they get in the EU) @rozscourse.bsky.social

11.12.2025 05:49 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Should we accept that the same medicine is priced differently just because of the indication? We do not price a phone differently depending on whether it is for work or personal use. Nor do we price a tomato differently if it is for salad or tomato sauce. Why should it be different for medicines?

11.12.2025 07:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

With the additional detail that we are observing a fragmentation in registration of brands associated to specific indications. Same medicine (semaglutide) with different branding (ozempic/wegovi) for two different indications (diabetes/obesity) and different periods of data exclusivity.

11.12.2025 07:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Ancestros Siento rechazo visceral por casi todas las variantes del concepto. Ancestros, estirpes, predecesores, linajes, castas... Me disgusta, sobre todo, por el uso arrojadizo que se hace de esos conceptos desdealgunos grupos de influencia muy vinculados a la identidades excluyentes y cerradas. Presentan razonamientos, visiones, justificaciones tipo "porque antes las cosas no eran así" -como si el pasado no fuera un lugar espantoso…

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Siento rechazo visceral por casi todas las variantes del concepto. Ancestros, estirpes, predecesores, linajes, castas... Me disgusta, sobre todo, por el uso arrojadizo que se hace de esos conceptos desdealgunos grupos de influencia muy vinculados a la identidades excluyentes y cerradas.…

11.12.2025 06:00 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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WHO updates list of essential medicines to include key cancer, diabetes treatments Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released updated editions of its Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and Essential Medicines for Children (EMLc), adding new treatments for various ...

Un par de correcciones. La OMS no regula medicamentos, solo ha emitido recomendaciones para el uso de semaglutida. Además, la Lista de Medicamentos Esenciales incluyó en septiembre semaglutida para diabetes y obesidad, así que no es una novedad. www.who.int/news/item/05....

04.12.2025 09:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Belgium is deeply concerned by recurrent Israeli strikes and incursions in Syria, including reports of civilian casualties in Beit Jin. These actions heighten tensions and undermine regional security and stability.
Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected.

01.12.2025 09:29 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Cuando baje el precio ya veremos. Creo que es más una cuestion de la entrada de genéricos. El problema es que la indicación de obesidad es posterior a la de diabetes, de manera que puede que la protección de datos impida que los genericos de semaglutida se usen para obesidad durante un tiempo.

01.12.2025 15:34 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

De todas maneras el concepto de "esenciales" está en pleno debate y trabajo entre investigadores.

01.12.2025 15:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Integrarlos en la WHO EML facilitará la defensa de derechos, la sensibilización, el lobbying politico, etc. En un par de años comenzarán a distribuirse los primeros genéricos. Si ya existe una sensibilización, será más fácil integrarlos.

01.12.2025 15:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0