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Ashleigh Furlong

@ashleighfurlong

Health reporter @bloomberg. Previously @POLITICOEurope, @ResFortnight and @GroundUp_News. Views my own. Send tips to [email protected] or DM me.

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Exclusive: Financing for global health has never looked more dire as the world reels from Trump’s dramatic pullback. Now the biggest funder of programs against HIV, TB and malaria is looking to the UK and others to urgently raise $18 billion. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Reliance on private hospitals by the NHS is helping patients get seen quicker than they otherwise would. But it's also fueling a two-track system, benefitting those with less complex conditions. Our big data story w/ Andre Tartar, Rachel Lavin is out: bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-…

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AI drug developerĀ Recursion Pharmaceuticals Inc.Ā is considering an Amazon Prime-style subscription model for selling its pipeline of medicines. We spoke with CEO Chris Gibson this week at the company's King's Cross office about the idea. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Trump's dramatic remaking of global health means more people will die from preventable conditions, according to scientists and other experts interviewed by Bloomberg. ā€œThis is the worst scenario I can possibly imagine,ā€ saysĀ virologist Angela Rasmussen. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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SCOOP: WHO is asking employees to consider early retirement as it seeks to cut costs following Trump’s decision to withdraw. Staff aged 55 years old or older can retire with 4 months pay, according to copy of internal email seen by Bloomberg. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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The World Health Organization is asking some employees to consider early retirement in a bid to cut costs after Trump’s decision to withdraw trib.al/0VR1VaO

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AstraZeneca to buy Belgian cell therapy biotech for up to $1B EsoBiotec's in vivo BCMA CAR-T is being tested in an investigator-initiated trial in China. The therapy is developed in collab with Shenzhen Pregene Biopharma bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Ashleigh Furlong Bloomberg

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Gavi's CEO Sania Nishtar isn't accepting the Trump administration's plan to terminate its funding without a fight. We interviewed Nishtar as she heads to Washington, hoping to persuade US to reverse a decision that threatens millions of lives. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Progress in combating HIV/AIDS may be about to reverse as the Trump administration guts funding Ashleigh Furlong Janice Kew Jason Gale bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bbgequality

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Cómo EspaƱa se ha convertido en uno de los paĆ­ses favoritos (de todo el mundo) para las farmacĆ©uticas bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Ashleigh Furlong, Clara Hernanz Lizarraga y Rodrigo Orihuela en Bloomberg Bloomberg

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The pharma industry is flocking to Spain. We wanted to know why. The answer was fascinating: Tax breaks; cheap, good quality science and a government bending over backwards to attract investment. Story W/Clara Hernanz Lizarraga, Rodrigo Orihuela, Julia Han Janicki 🌻 Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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🚨 NEW TOOL ALERT: Meet NudgeDetect 🚨 Ever felt nudged into clicking ā€œBuy Nowā€, unknowingly subscribing, or paying hidden fees? NudgeDetect is a Chrome extension I’ve built to reveal ā€˜manipulative’ website tricks: and help you fight back. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/aodlboc… 1/5

🚨 NEW TOOL ALERT: Meet NudgeDetect 🚨

Ever felt nudged into clicking ā€œBuy Nowā€, unknowingly subscribing, or paying hidden fees?

NudgeDetect is a Chrome extension I’ve built to reveal ā€˜manipulative’ website tricks: and help you fight back.

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/aodlboc…

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Examples of what it catches: Ā· FOMO (ā€œOnly 1 left!ā€) Ā· Anchoring (ā€œOriginal price Ā£1,105. Current price Ā£942ā€) Ā· Hidden Costs (Drip pricing) ("Concert tickets from Ā£20, final checkout price Ā£37.50 after booking fees") Ā· Upselling (ā€œBuy a bundleā€) Ā· ...and many more 4/5

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It’s free (up to 30 scans p/m) and totally anonymous. This tool is still very much in early stages, with some bugs – but any and all feedback welcomed. Let’s build a more honest internet. Happy NudgeDetecting! šŸŸ¢šŸŸ šŸ”“ 5/5

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Sanofi to Buy Immunology Biotech Blueprint for $9.1 Billion (while Blueprint was once focused on precision cancer therapies and still has an oncology pipeline, Sanofi's release has 0 mention of the cancer work) with Ashleigh Furlong Phoebe Sedgman bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Current Heads of WHO Collaborating Centres back the Organization in a new open letter in The Lancet. thelancet.com/journals/lance…