Marc-André Gagnon
@m-a-gagnon.bsky.social
Professor in public policy at Carleton University.
Focus on the political economy of the pharmaceutical sector.
Current research project: https://carleton.ca/ghostmanagement/
Also a big fan of craft beers, slap bass, and Japanese death metal.
Focus on the political economy of the pharmaceutical sector.
Current research project: https://carleton.ca/ghostmanagement/
Also a big fan of craft beers, slap bass, and Japanese death metal.
Science For Sale: How Drugmakers Captured The FDA www.levernews.com/science-for-...
Science For Sale: How Drugmakers Captured The FDA
The pharmaceutical industry spent decades manipulating the country’s top drug regulator into rubber-stamping its products. The Trump administration is making matters worse.
www.levernews.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Science For Sale: How Drugmakers Captured The FDA www.levernews.com/science-for-...
My Halloween costume is about riding the Donald Trump chaos.
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My Halloween costume is about riding the Donald Trump chaos.
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Canada here.
Fun facts
Short 🧵
Insulin was first discovered at UofT here in 1921 thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/t...
Mass production (and export!) of insulin was on a strictly non-profit/cost-recovery basis by 1923.
connaught.research.utoronto.ca/about/histor...
Fun facts
Short 🧵
Insulin was first discovered at UofT here in 1921 thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/t...
Mass production (and export!) of insulin was on a strictly non-profit/cost-recovery basis by 1923.
connaught.research.utoronto.ca/about/histor...
October 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Canada here.
Fun facts
Short 🧵
Insulin was first discovered at UofT here in 1921 thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/t...
Mass production (and export!) of insulin was on a strictly non-profit/cost-recovery basis by 1923.
connaught.research.utoronto.ca/about/histor...
Fun facts
Short 🧵
Insulin was first discovered at UofT here in 1921 thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/t...
Mass production (and export!) of insulin was on a strictly non-profit/cost-recovery basis by 1923.
connaught.research.utoronto.ca/about/histor...
Reposted by Marc-André Gagnon
#Breaking: AstraZeneca is set to strike a deal with the Trump administration to lower drug prices www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/a...
AstraZeneca set to strike drug pricing deal with Trump
Drugmakers have been scrambling to strike deals with the Trump administration.
www.statnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#Breaking: AstraZeneca is set to strike a deal with the Trump administration to lower drug prices www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/a...
How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research
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October 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
How Private Equity Oversees the Ethics of Drug Research www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/h...
L'observatoire québécois des inégalités embauche un économiste:
observatoiredesinegalites.com/poste-dispon...
observatoiredesinegalites.com/poste-dispon...
Économiste (chercheuse ou chercheur) - Observatoire québécois des inégalités
L'Observatoire québécois des inégalités cherche à recruter un.e économiste, pour postuler, c'est par ici !
observatoiredesinegalites.com
October 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
L'observatoire québécois des inégalités embauche un économiste:
observatoiredesinegalites.com/poste-dispon...
observatoiredesinegalites.com/poste-dispon...
Reposted by Marc-André Gagnon
Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Aaaah! Charlevoix!!!
The Flavor of Quebec Is Sweet, Savory and Worth the Trip www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
The Flavor of Quebec Is Sweet, Savory and Worth the Trip www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Aaaah! Charlevoix!!!
The Flavor of Quebec Is Sweet, Savory and Worth the Trip www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
The Flavor of Quebec Is Sweet, Savory and Worth the Trip www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/t...
Call for Papers:
Capitalism, Crisis, and Global Reordering
Conference and Special Issue Call For Papers
When: June 23-24, 2026
Where: Feltrinelli Foundation, Viale Pasubio 5, Milan, Italy
alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar...
Capitalism, Crisis, and Global Reordering
Conference and Special Issue Call For Papers
When: June 23-24, 2026
Where: Feltrinelli Foundation, Viale Pasubio 5, Milan, Italy
alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar...
Current Call For Papers
| Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research
alternateroutes.ca
September 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Call for Papers:
Capitalism, Crisis, and Global Reordering
Conference and Special Issue Call For Papers
When: June 23-24, 2026
Where: Feltrinelli Foundation, Viale Pasubio 5, Milan, Italy
alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar...
Capitalism, Crisis, and Global Reordering
Conference and Special Issue Call For Papers
When: June 23-24, 2026
Where: Feltrinelli Foundation, Viale Pasubio 5, Milan, Italy
alternateroutes.ca/index.php/ar...
Eric Hoskin's take on the current Pharmacare program in Canada (for diabetes products and contraceptives).
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-...
Pharmacare law cannot be implemented in inequitable way, former advisory council chair says
Eric Hoskins had called upon provinces and territories to try and reach agreements before the election campaign
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Eric Hoskin's take on the current Pharmacare program in Canada (for diabetes products and contraceptives).
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-...
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Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🙂
Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Prosecutors Fail to Obtain Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...
Good reminder in JAMA that providing comprehensive and confidential access to prescription contraceptives is associated with increased dispensations among Ontario youth.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Universal Pharmacare and Contraceptive Dispensations Among Youth
This time-series analysis study evaluates the association between a publicly funded pharmacare program for individuals younger than 25 years and an increase in prescription contraceptive dispensations...
jamanetwork.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Good reminder in JAMA that providing comprehensive and confidential access to prescription contraceptives is associated with increased dispensations among Ontario youth.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Elbows up!
Great up to date factbook about the Canadian Economy!
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Great up to date factbook about the Canadian Economy!
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Building a Sovereign, Value-Added, and Sustainable Economy - CCPA
U.S. President Donald Trump has confronted Canadians with unprecedented threats to our sovereignty and prosperity. From his inauguration speech, when he resuscitated the imperial doctrine of ‘Manifest...
www.policyalternatives.ca
August 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Elbows up!
Great up to date factbook about the Canadian Economy!
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Great up to date factbook about the Canadian Economy!
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Japanese death metal band Broken by the Scream just released a new album this week: 4 female singers, fantastic musicians, maximum dynamo.
Try to survive through this 15 minutes song, you will realize how epic this music is and start asking for more...
You have been warned.
youtu.be/fJkvFmVkDTk?...
Try to survive through this 15 minutes song, you will realize how epic this music is and start asking for more...
You have been warned.
youtu.be/fJkvFmVkDTk?...
Tsuioku no Nazca
YouTube video by Broken By The Scream - Topic
youtu.be
August 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Japanese death metal band Broken by the Scream just released a new album this week: 4 female singers, fantastic musicians, maximum dynamo.
Try to survive through this 15 minutes song, you will realize how epic this music is and start asking for more...
You have been warned.
youtu.be/fJkvFmVkDTk?...
Try to survive through this 15 minutes song, you will realize how epic this music is and start asking for more...
You have been warned.
youtu.be/fJkvFmVkDTk?...
I think I found my new hero.
Everytime the State send soldiers against their own population, we should throw sandwiches at them!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u...
Everytime the State send soldiers against their own population, we should throw sandwiches at them!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u...
Man Charged With Assaulting Federal Agent With Sandwich in D.C.
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I think I found my new hero.
Everytime the State send soldiers against their own population, we should throw sandwiches at them!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u...
Everytime the State send soldiers against their own population, we should throw sandwiches at them!!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/u...
When experts recommending drug reimbursement are on the payroll of drug companies.
vancouversun.com/news/us-batt...
vancouversun.com/news/us-batt...
U.S. Batten disease experts who lobbied B.C. to reinstate drug in Charleigh Pollock case had relationships with drug company
U.S. disease experts have consulted for, been paid by, or received grants from California-based BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. Find out more.
vancouversun.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
When experts recommending drug reimbursement are on the payroll of drug companies.
vancouversun.com/news/us-batt...
vancouversun.com/news/us-batt...