South African study pioneers home-based TB testing, promoting early diagnosis with portable GeneXpert Edge devices. #TBTesting #GeneXpert #SouthAfrica https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2024/07/17/we-were-the-first-ones-to-do-it-innovative-sa-study-takes-tb-testing-to-peoples-homes/

Glad to see the public pressure campaign by #MSFAccessCampaign #TreatmentActionGroup #JohnGreen et al push #Danaher #Cepheid to provide their #tuberculosis tests at cost to communities most in need.

For background - a public plead by John Green:
https://youtu.be/tSC06P9A5W4?si=SZ_r7pvqJxrc4W-u

#Genomeweb announcement:
https://www.genomeweb.com/molecular-diagnostics/danaher-agrees-provide-cepheid-tuberculosis-test-global-fund-cost

#TB
#GlobalAccessProgram
#GeneXpert
#PatientsOverProfits

Tuberculosis test price gauging: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tSC06P9A5W4&si=GEq6RcGwxO4lxLdr
#tuberculosis #danaher #cephid #GeneXpert

A #GeneXpert test costs less than $5 to make, but #Danaher is charging countries 2-4 times that amount. People who need these tests the most pay too often with their lives. It’s #TimeFor5! #MedicineShouldntBeALuxury
(more information at https://tbfighters.org/)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=tSC06P9A5W4

Under our current system, companies like #Danaher have to pursue #profit over #people. It's #TimeForFive on cartridges for the #Cepheid #GeneXpert to identify drug resistant #tubercolosis. Price gouging companies that brag about using the printer ink or disposable razor model to squeeze desperate sick people need to get the hammer.

These vultures are profiting from public investments in health, not from taking risks. That's our intellectual property, paid for with our taxes. Give it back!

#JohnGreen #vlogbrothers #BarelyContainedRage