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In the US, chronic drug shortages are the business model
In the US, chronic drug shortages are the business model Kwabena Ofori Osei 34 Views • 2 years ago

The United States has a decades-long problem of shortages for affordable medicines that treat serious diseases, including cancer and diabetes. But hundreds of plants in China and India are ready to supply low-cost drugs to the American market, just as they do for hospitals across Asia and the world.

Drug companies, hospitals, and clinics in the US are highly incentivized to run shortages of the least expensive medicines, as patients have no choice but to switch to more costly treatments. And regulators and inspectors for the Food and Drug Administration are highly recruited by drug companies, which reduces how many inspectors are available, and how many foreign plants can be inspected and approved. The FDA is currently short of hundreds of plant inspectors, most acutely so in Asia, which is where all the low-cost drugs are made.

Resources and links:

Drug shortages hit record high, pharmacists warn
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/....drug-shortages-hit-r

Cancer drug shortage is forcing doctors to decide which patients get treatment
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/....cancer-drug-shortage

Drug shortage can put patients' lives at risk, experts warn
https://abcnews.go.com/Politic....s/drug-shortage-put-

Drug shortages reach record high in US
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12..../health/drug-shortag

As drug shortages reach record highs, regulators weigh next steps
https://www.biopharmadive.com/....news/drug-shortages-

Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds
https://www.pressherald.com/20....24/09/05/nearly-2000

The revolving door swings again as Lupin hires an FDA official who oversaw problems at a key plant
https://www.statnews.com/pharm....alot/2022/04/28/fda-

FDA's revolving door: Companies often hire agency staffers who managed their successful drug reviews
https://www.science.org/conten....t/article/fda-s-revo

US drug shortages reach all-time high: Cancer and diabetes patients waiting 'deadly' amount of time for lifesaving drugs
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/he....alth/article-1329804

Closing scene, Shenzhen River, Guangdong province

Layoffs at John Deere blow up investment thesis on food shortages; US farmland to see liquidation
Layoffs at John Deere blow up investment thesis on food shortages; US farmland to see liquidation Kwabena Ofori Osei 34 Views • 2 years ago

Venture Capital and Private Equity firms poured tens of billions of dollars were poured into shares of farm equipment makers, fertilizer companies, and even indoor vertical farms and cropland. Conventional wisdom was that these were very safe investments that would yield outsized returns as the world struggled to feed itself over coming decades.

That investment thesis has now collapsed, amid plunging global food prices and soaring farm productivity. The ag sector of the developing world produced record crops, and did so without the expensive equipment produced by major Western farm equipment makers, such as John Deere and Case New Holland.

As VC and PE firms are now seeing double-digit annual declines in cash flows from their investments into the agriculture theme, we should expect them to sell their positions, and return to tech sector investment.

Resources and links:

Deere Announces More Layoffs
https://www.dtnpf.com/agricult....ure/web/ag/news/equi

John Deere announces more Midwest layoffs
https://www.agriculture.com/jo....hn-deere-announces-m

John Deere announces another round of layoffs, this time of 287 workers in Quad Cities
https://www.desmoinesregister.....com/story/money/busi

Bill Gates Portfolio: 7 Best Stocks to Buy Now
https://money.usnews.com/inves....ting/articles/bill-g

Barrons, World Hunger Is on the Rise. These Companies Have Solutions.
https://www.barrons.com/articl....es/companies-solving

Politico, The world food crisis is about to get worse
https://www.politico.eu/articl....e/world-food-crisis-

McKinsey, A reflection on global food security challenges amid the war in Ukraine and the early impact of climate change
https://www.mckinsey.com/indus....tries/agriculture/ou

The World Is Headed for a Food Security Crisis. Here’s How We Can Avert It
https://time.com/5216532/globa....l-food-security-rich

Who Will Feed China?: Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet (Worldwatch Environmental Alert)
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Wil....l-Feed-China-Environ

Bill Gates Increases His Stake in Deere to More than 10%
https://www.rermag.com/earthmo....ving/article/2095500

Investment firms are buying more farmland
https://www.morningbrew.com/da....ily/stories/investme

Reuters, Investment funds stocking up on US farmland in safe-haven bet
https://www.reuters.com/market....s/commodities/invest

Average Chinese national now eats more protein than an American: UN food agency
https://www.scmp.com/news/chin....a/science/article/32

China factory sourcing website:
www.made-in-china.com

What does vertical farming mean to investors?
https://avisomo.com/vertical-farming-investors/

The vertical farming boom is over (for now). What went wrong?
https://sifted.eu/articles/ver....tical-farming-boom-o

U.S. Agricultural Land Values and Cropland Cash Rents Reach Record Levels Amid Falling Commodity Prices
https://www.fb.org/market-inte....l/u-s-agricultural-l

Land Report: Bill Gates nation’s largest private owner of farmland
https://landreport.com/land-report-100/bill-gates

Swahili Music: Nature’s Spirit – Calm Afro Vibes for Relaxation & Focus
Swahili Music: Nature’s Spirit – Calm Afro Vibes for Relaxation & Focus Ọbádélé Kambon 34 Views • 3 months ago

🌟 Swahili Music: Nature’s Spirit – Calm Afro Vibes for Relaxation & Focus is more than a music video — it is an immersive journey into the soul of Africa, where sound and imagery blend to create peace, grounding, and spiritual connection.

🎵 The Music:
This track features soothing female vocals in the Swahili language, layered over soft ambient textures and gentle Amapiano rhythms.

Ethereal harmonies, deep atmospheres, and subtle tribal percussion form a soundscape designed to relax your body and awaken your spirit.

Perfect for relaxation, meditation, yoga, sleep, focus, or emotional healing.

🌿 The Visuals:
The video is a visual poem — a celebration of Africa’s living beauty:

Stunning African women dressed in traditional garments appear beside wild animals like lions, giraffes, elephants, zebras, and antelopes — symbolizing harmony between humans and nature.

Peaceful children smiling, running through open fields, playing near rivers, or resting under trees, embodying the pure joy of living connected to the land.

Dreamlike abstract scenes blend with golden sunsets, slow-motion dust trails, glowing skin tones, and soft shadows, evoking a timeless sense of serenity.

🌀 This is music for the soul and senses — a space where ancient rhythms meet modern calm, and the wild becomes sacred.

💖 Ideal For:
✔️ Relaxation after a stressful day
✔️Yoga or breathwork practice
✔️Meditation or self-reflection
✔️Deep work, study or focus
✔️ Emotional grounding or energy cleansing
✔️ Sound healing or guided visualization


00:00 Densi za Mababu
02:51 Kumbukumbu za Mababu
05:50 Ulingo wa Maisha
08:42 Upepo wa Jangwa
11:52 Ngoma za Uhai
14:55 Nyota za Usiku
17:30 Nyota za Mababu
20:42 Sauti ya Misitu
23:51 Machweo ya Asubuhi
26:47 Nguvu ya Ardhi
30:10 Repeat All

🌍 Why Swahili?
Swahili is a language of beauty, culture, and ancestral wisdom. The vocals in this video express gentle stories and spiritual themes — about connection, the earth, animals, and the unseen rhythms of life. You don’t need to understand the words to feel the emotion.

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