Samantha Richardson
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International bestselling #author and #accountant. I'm an #environmentalist #travel junkie and unapologetic #nerd
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http://www.ethicalprofitagency.com 22-05-2008 22:55:01
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. Danaher Corporation makes 8 billion dollars in annual profits. Much of that profit comes from price-gouging the world's poorest countries for life-saving tuberculosis tests. Danaher has done this in the dark for 13 long years. Today, we shine the light. #PeopleOverProfits
Hey Danaher Corporation: You're already in the news. Great story about Danaher's price gouging and nerdfighteria's refusal to accept it. #PeopleOverProfits goodgoodgood.co/articles/john-…
Just so you know, Danaher Corporation, today is Day One of However Long It Takes you to facilitate equitable and affordable access to lifesaving TB diagnostic tools. We don't let up. #PeopleOverProfits
This is a major work of art. It's time for $5 test cartridges, Danaher Corporation. Let this playlist guide you.
Morning, Danaher Corporation. I notice you haven't responded to calls to stop price-gouging poor countries for TB tests. Just like you didn't respond to open letters from Doctors without Borders. Perhaps you are hoping the storm will blow over. Well, you're trending. #PeopleOverProfits
Morning, Danaher Corporation. Still no public comment from you on the thousands of requests you've received to lower the price of GeneXpert tests, thus allowing TB patients to be treated appropriately. I really hope today is the day you publicly announce lower prices. Thanks in advance!
Wow Danaher Corporation way to be a professional business that takes feedback and responses thoughtfully and not at all like a tantrum-throwing child. /sarcasm #PeopleOverProfit #Timefor5
"If the price per cartridge was lowered, we could increase access significantly. We’re currently limited on the number of tests we can perform simply due to budget." -Partners In Health, on the direct relationship between cost and clinical outcomes. Please, Danaher Corporation. Allow more people to
📣 We are uniting with activists around the globe to make TB testing faster, more accessible, and affordable for all. Help us amplify our collective voice by tweeting Cepheid & Danaher Corporation to urge them to reduce the price of all GeneXpert tests to just $5. Stop TB Partnership #EndTB
HUGE NEWS and what it means: This morning, USAID, Stop TB Partnership, and The Global Fund 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... Danaher Corporation is also committing to ZERO profit in
Today Danaher Corporation agreed to lower the price on its tuberculosis tests 20% after a pressure campaign from a number of health nonprofits like Stop TB Partnership, The Global Fund and Partners In Health as well as popular YouTuber and novelist 🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢. Here's why that's a big deal: forbes.com/sites/willskip…