Antiviral pandemic preparedness could avoid $28 trillion in global losses. This is the result of work by SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen in the innovation challenge of Market Shaping Accelerator (MSA) on eliminating the market failure that plagues the development of novel pandemics drugs. How? Read on in this thread 🧵

The second essay in our Pandemic Mini-Issue: Panoplia Laboratories is a non-profit building broad-spectrum antivirals to protect people from pathogens before vaccines are available. This issue is an OPTIMISTIC look at how biotechnology can help *prevent* future pandemics. Check it out!

Long have I bemoaned mucus...long have I been wrong. In today's article, Brian Wang of Panoplia Laboratories charts a path to antivirals modeled after the innate immune system. "Our next generation of broad-spectrum antivirals should aspire to these mucus-like qualities.

New article & visualization by me! A timeline of innovation in antipsychotic medication, and remaining challenges. The development of antipsychotic drugs ran alongside the development of clinical trials, regulation, and theories of schizophrenia. ourworldindata.org/antipsychotic-…

Can confirm working with Rachel is as good as it gets. They say don't meet your heroes -- she is one of the few that surpassed expectations.

Is a student or colleague of yours approaching Stata for the first time, and in need of a clear, concise, free introduction-from-zero? I was impressed by the quality "Stata Training" by Gaia Gaudenzi of Becker Friedman Institute for Economics —> gaiagaudenzi-lab.github.io/gaiagaudenzi.i…

I've started writing about the economy. How can basic economic theory and empirical data help us understand the economy - and make better policy choices? This is what I try to focus on. You can signup to receive updates, and let me know what you think! atifmian.com

30 Essays to Make You Love Biology Day 29. "Atoms Are Local," by E. Hershberg Biology is the ultimate distributed manufacturing platform. Cells harvest atoms from their environments—air and soil—and rearrange them to build materials, medicines, and everything we need to live.

I was dead for billions of years before I was born, and it completely sucked compared to this.

New USDA guidance lets factory farms use “humanely raised” labels. The factory farms get to define what “humanely” means. For the absurdity of where this leads, see the USDA’s example label below. They define “humanely raised” = fed vegetables, an unorthodox definition. This

ICYMI: 🚨Center for Global Development is hiring🚨 Senior fellows / fellows Could be the biggest hiring round in my many years here, as Rachel Glennerster takes the reins this week as our new president. Esp. looking for ppl in: health development finance education agriculture, & climate

RCT introduction of a pollution market in Surat, Gujarat. Pollution fell by 20–30%, and efficiently — gains came from the firms who could cut pollution most effectively. Mortality benefits are *25 times* costs. An incredible state/research collaboration. 1/2

Really excited for this event Center for Global Development on Monday. Finalists for our year long competition of the best market shaping designs to address pandemics and climate change pitch their idea, with judges, prizes and amazing speakers. Join us online (in person invite only)

I did an interview with Probably Good about my career (so far) as an development economist. It was huge fun: Anna Beth Lane asked so many good questions, and got me thinking a lot about the choices I made and the luck I had... and what got me into development in the first place:

Link to the interview here: probablygood.org/interviews/ran…

Ranil on the importance of talking to people and writing

Siddhartha Haria Thought you may relate to this part…