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After John Green’s video last week about Danaher’s TB test, they have agreed to sell it at cost to the Global Fund.
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After John Green’s video last week about Danaher’s TB test, they have agreed to sell it at cost to the Global Fund.
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Incredible news! Nerdfighteria is such a powerful community
Big win. Still more work to do, though–including expanding access to the extensively drug resistant TB test.
If you want to read the full press release from the global fund, it’s [here](https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/news/2023/2023-09-19-global-fund-stop-tb-partnership-and-usaid-announce-new-collaboration-with-danaher-to-reduce-price-and-increase-access-to-cepheids-tb-test/).
Reddit, you really helped on this one. Your upvotes got the initial video to over 100,000 people, and the push from all directions on the Internet clearly helped Danaher understand this was a serious issue that they needed to look closely at. I’m really grateful. Thank you. -John
And they sent a company-wide memo patting themselves on their backs and saying this: “While Danaher shares this campaign’s commitment to increasing access to TB testing, it is important to know that statements made by the campaign around costs were incorrect and based on the analysis of partial information.”