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Emma Hart

@ghet.bsky.social

All drugs have two names, the generic and the brand, like paracetamol and Panadol. Whenever there's a "grass roots" campaign for drug funding, it's always for a brand, Keytruda not pembrolizumab. This is the difference between saying the govt should fund vacuums and saying they should fund Dysons

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Shawn's avatar Shawn @swampy-kiwi.bsky.social
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I still find it strange that we allow drug advertising in NZ, its so weird. (I know WHY we have it, I don't get why it wasn't removed by the next govt.)

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Thomas Lumley's avatar Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social
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One of my common Wikipedia edits is "international nonproprietary names don't take capitals"

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