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First malaria treatment for babies approved for use
Date: 7/8/2025 Original Source: BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89e872jdjxo)
TONY SAYS:
So, listen to this horseshit. This Novartis… No-var-tis, right? Sounds like some kinda fancy Italian restaurant, except instead of serving pasta, they’re dishing out malaria medicine. And not just any medicine, mind you, but medicine for babies. Babies! These little crumb-snatchers, smaller than a loaf of gabagool, are finally getting their own malaria treatment. Can you believe it?
For years, these little guys, these bambini, were getting hammered with meds meant for older kids. Overdosing them, basically. Like giving a ten-year-old a shot of Jack Daniels, see? They’re not gonna have the best time. And you know what that means? More deaths than a fuckin' funeral home convention. They’re talking almost 600,000 people croaked last year from this shit, mostly kids under five. Almost all of it in Africa. Africa. The fuckin’ jungle.
It's a real shame, you know? Little shits never had a chance. I mean, I’ve seen some brutal things, believe me, but this… this is something else. These kids aren’t even old enough to understand what’s happening to ‘em, and they’re gone. Poof. Like a fuckin’ goodfellas' hit. They’re calling it a "treatment gap". A gap?! More like a goddamn chasm, a Grand Canyon of death.
But now, this Novartis – they're claiming this big breakthrough, a new medicine. Coartem Baby, they call it. Sounds like a fucking baby food, right? Sweet and sugary, but instead of apple sauce, it’s gonna keep these little guys from becoming angel dust. They're saying they’re rolling it out to these stricken countries – mostly Africa, again – in weeks. Weeks! Not that they're moving as fast as Paulie Walnuts on a double espresso, but hey, progress is progress.
This Narasimhan guy, the CEO, he’s all puffed up about it. Says they've been working on this for three decades, that it’s some huge achievement. "Delivering scientific breakthroughs where they are needed most.” What a load of crap. He's probably just happy he’s not getting his ass kicked by the shareholders. I mean, the man clearly knows how to play the game. He got a fancy name; at least it’s better than Big Pussy Bonpensiero.
But this not-for-profit thing… I’m smelling a rat. There’s always a catch. Maybe he’s covering his tracks for something. Who knows? This whole thing is still shady as hell, capisce? Maybe they are trying to do some good after all that. Still though, I’m keeping my eye on this, and my ear to the ground, you understand? This thing could get messy; I want to be ready. You never know when a good business opportunity will come out of something like this. It’s like that time I got involved with Bobby Bacala and that waste disposal deal… anyway, forget about it. Let’s get some more espresso.
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