Jaime Manzano
@jaimemanzano.bsky.social
Global health ; pharmaceutical policy ; health equity ; migration policy
Research and advocacy manager at https://saludporderecho.org/quienes-somos/
Research and advocacy manager at https://saludporderecho.org/quienes-somos/
Para ver esto en un marco global - "IMF projects that eliminating post-tax subsidies for the most-polluting energy fuels, such as coal and gasoline, could raise government revenue by $2.9 trillion, while also slashing premature deaths from pollution-related diseases by more than 50 percent."
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Para ver esto en un marco global - "IMF projects that eliminating post-tax subsidies for the most-polluting energy fuels, such as coal and gasoline, could raise government revenue by $2.9 trillion, while also slashing premature deaths from pollution-related diseases by more than 50 percent."
Great news! Secondary patents on bedaquiline remain in effect in the EU, the main reason for its exorbitant prices #endTB
Vietnam has revoked most of J&J’s patent claims on the TB drug bedaquiline which is a major win for affordable treatment and against patent evergreening. J&J has 90 days to appeal. Lives must come before profits.
makemedicinesaffordable.org/mma-partner-...
#MakeMedicinesAffordable #EndTB
makemedicinesaffordable.org/mma-partner-...
#MakeMedicinesAffordable #EndTB
MMA Partner Celebrates Milestone in Opposing Evergreening of TB Drug Patents in Vietnam - Make Medicines Affordable
Make Medicines Affordable (MMA) campaign and its partner Vietnam’s Network of People Living With HIV (VNP+), are celebrating a partial invalidation of Janssen Pharmaceutical’s (J&J) attempts to extend...
makemedicinesaffordable.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Great news! Secondary patents on bedaquiline remain in effect in the EU, the main reason for its exorbitant prices #endTB
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Vietnam has revoked most of J&J’s patent claims on the TB drug bedaquiline which is a major win for affordable treatment and against patent evergreening. J&J has 90 days to appeal. Lives must come before profits.
makemedicinesaffordable.org/mma-partner-...
#MakeMedicinesAffordable #EndTB
makemedicinesaffordable.org/mma-partner-...
#MakeMedicinesAffordable #EndTB
MMA Partner Celebrates Milestone in Opposing Evergreening of TB Drug Patents in Vietnam - Make Medicines Affordable
Make Medicines Affordable (MMA) campaign and its partner Vietnam’s Network of People Living With HIV (VNP+), are celebrating a partial invalidation of Janssen Pharmaceutical’s (J&J) attempts to extend...
makemedicinesaffordable.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Vietnam has revoked most of J&J’s patent claims on the TB drug bedaquiline which is a major win for affordable treatment and against patent evergreening. J&J has 90 days to appeal. Lives must come before profits.
makemedicinesaffordable.org/mma-partner-...
#MakeMedicinesAffordable #EndTB
makemedicinesaffordable.org/mma-partner-...
#MakeMedicinesAffordable #EndTB
Wouldn’t this have been the perfect moment to ask for something in return for public money ? Not only EMA has granted orphan designation to AlpE, but quick search on public funding granted to this: /1 www.ihi.europa.eu/news-events/...
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Wouldn’t this have been the perfect moment to ask for something in return for public money ? Not only EMA has granted orphan designation to AlpE, but quick search on public funding granted to this: /1 www.ihi.europa.eu/news-events/...
Ahora en la UE tenemos la oportunidad de hacer el trabajo en casa, y las negociaciones para el próximo presupuesto a largo plazo de la UE son el terreno. El dinero público de la UE que se destina a los combustibles fósiles se viene manteniendo estable en ~€56 mil millones (2015-2022) /1
Las COP solo van a empezar a girar cuando tengamos una coalición global de electroestados que apoyen a los países más vulnerables. Esa es la tarea de hoy: empujar una revolución electrotécnica justa, construir hegemonía eléctrica y un modelo de desarrollo renovable, destruir el poder fósil global.
El resultado de la COP30 es un fracaso sin paliativos al volver a no mencionar el abandono de los combustibles fósiles en su declaración final. Ahora bien, las COP solo muestran la relación de fuerzas geopolíticas actual y el momento crítico en que se encuentra la descarbonización global.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Ahora en la UE tenemos la oportunidad de hacer el trabajo en casa, y las negociaciones para el próximo presupuesto a largo plazo de la UE son el terreno. El dinero público de la UE que se destina a los combustibles fósiles se viene manteniendo estable en ~€56 mil millones (2015-2022) /1
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5 apuntes sanitarios para terminar la semana.
🔸Evento OMS-Euro sobre violencia de género y sanidad
🔸APREM, SECPAL y el trabajo social
🔸Uso Prudente de Antibióticos
🔸Jornada Menudos Corazones
🔸Racismo y salud pública
t.me/agranescala/...
🔸Evento OMS-Euro sobre violencia de género y sanidad
🔸APREM, SECPAL y el trabajo social
🔸Uso Prudente de Antibióticos
🔸Jornada Menudos Corazones
🔸Racismo y salud pública
t.me/agranescala/...
A gran escala - Javier Padilla -
5 apuntes sanitarios para terminar la semana.
1️⃣ El jueves y viernes tuvo lugar en el Ministerio de Sanidad el evento "¡Yo te creo! Construir sistemas de salud que pongan en el centro a las mujeres ...
t.me
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
5 apuntes sanitarios para terminar la semana.
🔸Evento OMS-Euro sobre violencia de género y sanidad
🔸APREM, SECPAL y el trabajo social
🔸Uso Prudente de Antibióticos
🔸Jornada Menudos Corazones
🔸Racismo y salud pública
t.me/agranescala/...
🔸Evento OMS-Euro sobre violencia de género y sanidad
🔸APREM, SECPAL y el trabajo social
🔸Uso Prudente de Antibióticos
🔸Jornada Menudos Corazones
🔸Racismo y salud pública
t.me/agranescala/...
Perhaps this time it is genuinely happening, and the EU (and the next MFF) seems like the most appropriate place to start. @htejero.bsky.social @xanlopez.xyz @esantiago.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Perhaps this time it is genuinely happening, and the EU (and the next MFF) seems like the most appropriate place to start. @htejero.bsky.social @xanlopez.xyz @esantiago.bsky.social
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España necesita una prestación universal por crianza.
Por justicia social, por eficacia económica y por sentido común.
Por justicia social, por eficacia económica y por sentido común.
El Gobierno estudia una prestación universal por crianza que ya tiene la mayoría de países de la UE
Sumar, uno de los socios del Ejecutivo, reclama 200 euros al mes para todos los niños hasta los 18 años
elpais.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
España necesita una prestación universal por crianza.
Por justicia social, por eficacia económica y por sentido común.
Por justicia social, por eficacia económica y por sentido común.
In line with the impact of ODA "Savings", this new analysis by ISGlobal www.isglobal.org/documents/d/... . Higher ODA is linked to:
• 23% fewer deaths overall
• 39% fewer deaths in children under five
• HIV/AIDS related deaths drop by 70%
• Malaria deaths drop by 56%
• NTDs drop by 54% /1
• 23% fewer deaths overall
• 39% fewer deaths in children under five
• HIV/AIDS related deaths drop by 70%
• Malaria deaths drop by 56%
• NTDs drop by 54% /1
Canada's #Budget2025 (which grotesquely frames a $2.7billion cut in international assistance as "Savings", & rather than leading by continuing to give more to global health than "other similar economies" chooses to follow those similar economies despite clear & deadly impacts of their cuts) passes.
November 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
In line with the impact of ODA "Savings", this new analysis by ISGlobal www.isglobal.org/documents/d/... . Higher ODA is linked to:
• 23% fewer deaths overall
• 39% fewer deaths in children under five
• HIV/AIDS related deaths drop by 70%
• Malaria deaths drop by 56%
• NTDs drop by 54% /1
• 23% fewer deaths overall
• 39% fewer deaths in children under five
• HIV/AIDS related deaths drop by 70%
• Malaria deaths drop by 56%
• NTDs drop by 54% /1
"Strengthening #TB diagnostic capacity in the EU/EEA is therefore essential, particularly considering rapid technological progress, emerging drug resistance, lower success rate of DR-TB treatment,1 and ongoing migration from high-burden countries. " I agree BUT ...👇 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Diagnostic algorithms for tuberculosis in Europe: insights from the European Reference Laboratory Network for Tuberculosis (ERLTB-Net)
The reported poor treatment outcomes for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB)
in the European region highlight the urgent need for effective and context-appropriate
diagnostic strategies. Whil...
www.thelancet.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
"Strengthening #TB diagnostic capacity in the EU/EEA is therefore essential, particularly considering rapid technological progress, emerging drug resistance, lower success rate of DR-TB treatment,1 and ongoing migration from high-burden countries. " I agree BUT ...👇 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Accelerate action should also mean addressing the barriers to access #HPV vax accross the globe #idsky #Medsky🧪 👇 www.who.int/news/item/17...
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Accelerate action should also mean addressing the barriers to access #HPV vax accross the globe #idsky #Medsky🧪 👇 www.who.int/news/item/17...
In the 50 years before 2021, there were 13 outbreaks - since 2021, this is like the 5th outbreak or so? I wonder whether usaid cuts have affected vaccine candidate development somehow (Sabin Vax Institute?) www.afro.who.int/countries/et... #idsky
Ethiopia confirms first outbreak of Marburg virus disease
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the South Ethiopia Region, the first of its kind in the country, following laboratory testing of samples from a clus...
www.afro.who.int
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
In the 50 years before 2021, there were 13 outbreaks - since 2021, this is like the 5th outbreak or so? I wonder whether usaid cuts have affected vaccine candidate development somehow (Sabin Vax Institute?) www.afro.who.int/countries/et... #idsky
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En detalle, en 2025 EEUU ya produce casi tanto petróleo ¡como Arabia Saudí y Rusia juntas! Por no hablar del gas (chao pikoilers). Esto son billones -europeos- de dólares que no van a dejarse extinguir ni por la amenaza climática ni por la emergencia de una forma energética superior. Pelearán.
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
En detalle, en 2025 EEUU ya produce casi tanto petróleo ¡como Arabia Saudí y Rusia juntas! Por no hablar del gas (chao pikoilers). Esto son billones -europeos- de dólares que no van a dejarse extinguir ni por la amenaza climática ni por la emergencia de una forma energética superior. Pelearán.
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El problema más importante es cómo esta visión apocalíptica top-down, de gente con mucho poder social y mediático, se mezcla y se confunde con las quejas legítimas de otra parte de la sociedad que sí puede decir que las cosas no le van bien. Por ejemplo, los que no tienen casa en propiedad.
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
El problema más importante es cómo esta visión apocalíptica top-down, de gente con mucho poder social y mediático, se mezcla y se confunde con las quejas legítimas de otra parte de la sociedad que sí puede decir que las cosas no le van bien. Por ejemplo, los que no tienen casa en propiedad.
France is killing it - net price transparency now, ammendment tabled and adopted ! @healthlawadamh.bsky.social @mattherder.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
France is killing it - net price transparency now, ammendment tabled and adopted ! @healthlawadamh.bsky.social @mattherder.bsky.social
"Although WHO prequalification of the RSVpreF vaccine single-dose vial marked a turning point for global #RSV prevention, [preQ] for mAbs might be challenging at the current expected procurement price, as high cost restricts financing support" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #MedSky
The path to equitable respiratory syncytial virus prevention for infants: challenges and opportunities for global implementation
The approval for a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) maternal vaccination programme
by Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance, marks substantial progress toward equitable access,
with important work still to come...
www.thelancet.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"Although WHO prequalification of the RSVpreF vaccine single-dose vial marked a turning point for global #RSV prevention, [preQ] for mAbs might be challenging at the current expected procurement price, as high cost restricts financing support" www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #IDSky #MedSky
But no earmarked funding yet available for #tuberculosis vaccine procurement (and an existing TB funding gap of US$16.3 billion in 2024) iris.who.int/server/api/c...
November 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
But no earmarked funding yet available for #tuberculosis vaccine procurement (and an existing TB funding gap of US$16.3 billion in 2024) iris.who.int/server/api/c...
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Arm twisting by the US government is going to another extreme by tying funding aid to the condition of pathogen sharing. While this sharing will not be attached to condition to access medical tools that are developed from the pathogen information that countries would share.
EXCLUSIVE: US Ties Global Health Aid To Data Sharing On Pathogens – Undermining WHO Talks - Health Policy Watch
The United States (US) aims to compel countries that receive its aid to fight HIV, tuberculosis and malaria to share all information about “pathogens with
healthpolicy-watch.news
November 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Arm twisting by the US government is going to another extreme by tying funding aid to the condition of pathogen sharing. While this sharing will not be attached to condition to access medical tools that are developed from the pathogen information that countries would share.
Important development in France for those following #pharma #transparency.
Socialist MPs have proposed an amendment to the 2026 Social Security Financing Bill that could redefine transparency in how medicines are financed and priced. /1🧵 www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/amend...
Socialist MPs have proposed an amendment to the 2026 Social Security Financing Bill that could redefine transparency in how medicines are financed and priced. /1🧵 www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/amend...
Projet de loi de financement de la sécurité sociale pour 2026 (no 1907) Amendement n°AS118
www.assemblee-nationale.fr
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Important development in France for those following #pharma #transparency.
Socialist MPs have proposed an amendment to the 2026 Social Security Financing Bill that could redefine transparency in how medicines are financed and priced. /1🧵 www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/amend...
Socialist MPs have proposed an amendment to the 2026 Social Security Financing Bill that could redefine transparency in how medicines are financed and priced. /1🧵 www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/amend...
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A new study @fr.publiceye.ch shows Roche’s patent "evergreening" strategy for its HER2+ breast cancer drugs (Herceptin & Co), enabling it to rake in >CHF 156 bn & hinder timely access to affordable biosimilars until 2042.
👉 Time for 🇨🇭 to act against patent thickets www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/ph...
👉 Time for 🇨🇭 to act against patent thickets www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/ph...
Abusive pharma patents: Roche’s “mAb” empire
An exclusive tally of Roche’s patent portfolio for its four monoclonal antibodies (“mAb”) treatments for breast cancer shows that, 27 years after the first product hit the market, about 100 patents st...
www.publiceye.ch
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
A new study @fr.publiceye.ch shows Roche’s patent "evergreening" strategy for its HER2+ breast cancer drugs (Herceptin & Co), enabling it to rake in >CHF 156 bn & hinder timely access to affordable biosimilars until 2042.
👉 Time for 🇨🇭 to act against patent thickets www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/ph...
👉 Time for 🇨🇭 to act against patent thickets www.publiceye.ch/en/topics/ph...
"Into the breach a clamor for the financialization of the global health industry resounds. Speculative finance is gaining ground. [...] What will investors buy? What is their loss tolerance? Left behind are the most important questions: Are lives being saved? Are people getting healthier?"
Interesting piece: "Beware the financialization of the global health industry - Complex banking instruments designed to generate money can’t make up for global health shortfalls"
www.statnews.com/2025/11/05/f...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/05/f...
Beware the financialization of the global health industry
Beware of financialization when it is code for “money making money on health,” S.L. Erikson warns.
www.statnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
"Into the breach a clamor for the financialization of the global health industry resounds. Speculative finance is gaining ground. [...] What will investors buy? What is their loss tolerance? Left behind are the most important questions: Are lives being saved? Are people getting healthier?"
After a long process, our article — written with @mbabeenchama.bsky.social and a formidable team incl @daniellaparra.bsky.social — has just been published
It explores how racism operates as an invisible but powerful determinant of health in Spain. ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/re...
It explores how racism operates as an invisible but powerful determinant of health in Spain. ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/re...
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
After a long process, our article — written with @mbabeenchama.bsky.social and a formidable team incl @daniellaparra.bsky.social — has just been published
It explores how racism operates as an invisible but powerful determinant of health in Spain. ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/re...
It explores how racism operates as an invisible but powerful determinant of health in Spain. ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/re...
[...] the available indirect evidence supports the existence of plausible causal links between climate change and tuberculosis. This evidence highlights the need to [...] include tuberculosis in climate risk adaptation and mitigation programmes #EndTB #tuberculosis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Climate change and tuberculosis: an analytical framework
Climate change is likely to exacerbate a range of determinants that drive tuberculosis,
the world's leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. However, tuberculosis
is often neglected in w...
www.thelancet.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
[...] the available indirect evidence supports the existence of plausible causal links between climate change and tuberculosis. This evidence highlights the need to [...] include tuberculosis in climate risk adaptation and mitigation programmes #EndTB #tuberculosis www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Fascinating piece!
The history of the FDA is fascinating and frightening.
I wrote a post on what we covered today in my Historical Determinants of Public Health class.
Read it if you’re interested in why Coca Cola exists, how we used to give kids cocaine and morphine, and the like.
open.substack.com/pub/craigasp...
I wrote a post on what we covered today in my Historical Determinants of Public Health class.
Read it if you’re interested in why Coca Cola exists, how we used to give kids cocaine and morphine, and the like.
open.substack.com/pub/craigasp...
The FDA Was Built in Outrage
This is the story of Wiley’s Poison Squad, Sinclair’s Jungle, and the scandals that forced reform—and why we don't want to return to the bad old days.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Fascinating piece!
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Horrific details emerging from El Fasher, Sudan: pools of blood so large they’re visible by satellite, people being killed systematically. Last week, MSF teams assessed 165 children under 5 fleeing the area and found 75% were acutely malnourished. An accelerating genocide before our eyes.
Signs of latest massacres in Darfur are visible in satellite imagery
Analysis concludes paramilitary soldiers are conducting mass killings in house-to-house operations
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Horrific details emerging from El Fasher, Sudan: pools of blood so large they’re visible by satellite, people being killed systematically. Last week, MSF teams assessed 165 children under 5 fleeing the area and found 75% were acutely malnourished. An accelerating genocide before our eyes.