Health/Law/Human Rights. Thinking globally, meeting CanCon requirements. Disproportionately but not exclusively access to medicines/global health/humanitarian response/public health/infectious disease.
Adam R Houston
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The "import cheaper drugs from Canada" saga has been going for over two decades now...🤨
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"FDA approves Colorado’s plan to import cheaper drugs from Canada - Florida became first state to receive approval, in 2024, but has yet to start importing drugs" www.statnews.com/2026/06/15/c...
The FDA said it will allow Colorado to import certain prescription drugs from Canada in an effort to bring prices down for residents.
👀"Cheltenham hospital admits failing man who died after using contaminated shower - Chris Elliot was exposed to ‘lethal dose’ of bacteria while receiving chemotherapy from Gloucestershire NHS trust"
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
One month after the Ebola disease outbreak was declared in Democratic Republic of Congo, we’re warning that the outbreak is outpacing response efforts.
Chris Elliot was exposed to ‘lethal dose’ of bacteria while receiving chemotherapy from Gloucestershire NHS trust
Despite the recent scale-up in the Ebola disease response in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), major gaps in surveillance, diagnosis, contact tracing and community engagement persist.
On the Occasion of the #G7 Summit
An Open Letter to the Leaders of the G7, the G20, BRICS & All Nations
On finalizing the Pathogen Access & Benefit-Sharing annex of the WHO Pandemic Agreement ⬇️
@lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social
President of #Brazil
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
DG of @who.int
Some highlights (imho) of the top 46 drugs accessed via Canada's Special Access Program💊 in 2025:
Clofazimine at #3 (536 requests)
Iloprost Trometamol #12 (210)
Albendazole #19 (146)
Bedaquiline #24 (127)
Flucytosine #28 (120)
Pretomanid #43 (59)
👀Bonus SAP "drug": Medicinal Leeches #33 (94)
👀"Twelve people, mostly students, have been taken to hospital after what appears to have been an electrical incident at the Cultus Lake Waterpark in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley." cheknews.ca/12-people-ma...
Médecins Sans Frontières
As long as Canada is raising defence spending while cutting health spending, there are worse things to classify as defence spending than an "initiative to strengthen Canada’s domestic blood and plasma capabilities for health emergencies"...🩸
www.canada.ca/en/innovatio...
However, contrary to popular belief in some quarters, the Special Access Program isn't actually used all that frequently to obtain substances like "synthetic cathinones, including bath salts" 🙄.
Good lord, this entire article. Every detail grimmer than the last.
"Amid confusion over Pfizer’s emergency penicillin program, newborn is diagnosed with preventable #syphilis -
Rise in adult cases and #Bicillin shortage set stage for ’never event’"
www.statnews.com/2026/06/15/p...
A quick eyeball of the list (⬆️🧵) of the 46 most requested drugs under the Special Access Program suggests over 25% (👀) are found on the WHO Model List of #EssentialMedicines.💊📜
Lack of detail means likely some wrinkles about formulation etc., but some definitely aren't available in Canada at all...
