@rogeriosagaspar.bsky.social
Rogério Gaspar, born 1961 (Pharmacist, FFUC,1985; PhD, UCLouvain,1991). From January 2021 Director RPQ at WHO. Tweeting in my personal capacity.
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Professor Rogério Gaspar, Director of the WHO Department of Regulation and Prequalification
He is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy University of Lisbon (FFUL) suspending his contract at the end of 2020 to join WHO.
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He is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy University of Lisbon (FFUL) suspending his contract at the end of 2020 to join WHO.
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Although we may be on the cusp of a major shift in how music is made, achieving excellent results will always require a human approach. @skornhaber.bsky.social on the 10 best albums of 2025:
The Best Albums of 2025
This year’s most interesting artists invented their own grammar and tunneled in idiosyncratic directions.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Although we may be on the cusp of a major shift in how music is made, achieving excellent results will always require a human approach. @skornhaber.bsky.social on the 10 best albums of 2025:
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“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” Timothy W. Ryback wrote in January.
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/UvwCdoBh
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/UvwCdoBh
December 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” Timothy W. Ryback wrote in January.
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/UvwCdoBh
Revisit one of The Atlantic’s most-read stories of 2025: theatln.tc/UvwCdoBh
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Parents have been expressing concern about their kids’ screen time for years—but what about their grandparents'? @cwarzel.bsky.social on the phone-based retirement:
The Phone-Based Retirement Is Here
Do your parents have a screen-time problem?
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January 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Parents have been expressing concern about their kids’ screen time for years—but what about their grandparents'? @cwarzel.bsky.social on the phone-based retirement:
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Some polar-law scholars argue that curbing climate catastrophe may require a radical reimagining of sea ice, Brett Simpson reports:
The World Has Laws About Land and Sea, But Not About Ice
As the Arctic melts and people spend more time there, defining our relationship to sea ice becomes more necessary.
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January 1, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Some polar-law scholars argue that curbing climate catastrophe may require a radical reimagining of sea ice, Brett Simpson reports:
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"The first days of the year can feel like the comedown after too much sparkle. But the calm that follows has its own promise." Rafaela Jinich writes in Time-Travel Thursdays on how to embrace January’s quiet invitation without sinking into the slump.
After the New Year’s Eve Party
Early January can feel like the comedown after too much sparkle. But the calm that follows has its own promise.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
"The first days of the year can feel like the comedown after too much sparkle. But the calm that follows has its own promise." Rafaela Jinich writes in Time-Travel Thursdays on how to embrace January’s quiet invitation without sinking into the slump.
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The ancient, contemplative form of poetry can capture, perhaps better than any other, the muffled quality of chilly afternoons and days spent indoors.
The Best Poetry for Dark Winter Days
Each collection speaks to a different seasonal mood, but all are worth slowing down with before the new year.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The ancient, contemplative form of poetry can capture, perhaps better than any other, the muffled quality of chilly afternoons and days spent indoors.
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A year ago, it wasn’t clear whether Project 2025 would amount to much. Today, it’s become the Trump era’s most effective policy initiative. In The Atlantic Daily, @dgraham.bsky.social reviews how Project 2025 transformed 2025:
The Plan That Foretold Trump’s 2025
Reviewing Project 2025’s year of successes and shortcomings
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January 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A year ago, it wasn’t clear whether Project 2025 would amount to much. Today, it’s become the Trump era’s most effective policy initiative. In The Atlantic Daily, @dgraham.bsky.social reviews how Project 2025 transformed 2025:
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Roberts’ 2025 Supreme Court report invokes founding ideals, calling the Constitution “firm and unshaken.”
John Roberts Issues 2025 Supreme Court Report: What He Says
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January 2, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Roberts’ 2025 Supreme Court report invokes founding ideals, calling the Constitution “firm and unshaken.”
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Dollar makes a soft start to 2026 after sharpest drop in 8 years reut.rs/4pl23gL
Dollar makes a soft start to 2026 after sharpest drop in 8 years
The U.S. dollar made a feeble start to 2026 on Friday after struggling against most currencies last year, while the yen steadied near 10-month lows as traders awaited economic data this month to gauge the path of interest rates.
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January 2, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Dollar makes a soft start to 2026 after sharpest drop in 8 years reut.rs/4pl23gL
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The new mayor promised to govern ‘expansively and audaciously’, saying he would restore faith in the government’s ability to make life better for ordinary people. ft.trib.al/Tz9NGsR
January 2, 2026 at 1:34 AM
The new mayor promised to govern ‘expansively and audaciously’, saying he would restore faith in the government’s ability to make life better for ordinary people. ft.trib.al/Tz9NGsR
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“A daily grind of negative news makes it hard to remember everything that happened in a given year,” the Editorial Board writes.
Continuing our tradition of using yearend to reflect on moments of hope, here are 25 events during 2025 that renewed our sense of optimism. https://wapo.st/4sc7pxu
Continuing our tradition of using yearend to reflect on moments of hope, here are 25 events during 2025 that renewed our sense of optimism. https://wapo.st/4sc7pxu
December 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“A daily grind of negative news makes it hard to remember everything that happened in a given year,” the Editorial Board writes.
Continuing our tradition of using yearend to reflect on moments of hope, here are 25 events during 2025 that renewed our sense of optimism. https://wapo.st/4sc7pxu
Continuing our tradition of using yearend to reflect on moments of hope, here are 25 events during 2025 that renewed our sense of optimism. https://wapo.st/4sc7pxu
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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I listen to the day.
I remember the rule of law, the rule
of the two-second advantage,
it sounds like endings,
a vacancy expecting re-
velation, re-
evaluation, expecting
to become a river of selves, of dis-
appearing selves
A poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I remember the rule of law, the rule
of the two-second advantage,
it sounds like endings,
a vacancy expecting re-
velation, re-
evaluation, expecting
to become a river of selves, of dis-
appearing selves
A poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jorie Graham · Poem: ‘Demonstration’
www.lrb.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I listen to the day.
I remember the rule of law, the rule
of the two-second advantage,
it sounds like endings,
a vacancy expecting re-
velation, re-
evaluation, expecting
to become a river of selves, of dis-
appearing selves
A poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I remember the rule of law, the rule
of the two-second advantage,
it sounds like endings,
a vacancy expecting re-
velation, re-
evaluation, expecting
to become a river of selves, of dis-
appearing selves
A poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
To advance an international strategy to marshal resources, coordination, and political will for PPR financing, the G20 South African Presidency convened the High-Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.
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Pandemic Financing
The G20 High Level Independent Panel sets minimum annual benchmarks for pandemic financing and urges governments to take action by or before the September
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November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
To advance an international strategy to marshal resources, coordination, and political will for PPR financing, the G20 South African Presidency convened the High-Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response.
nam.edu/pandemic-fin...
nam.edu/pandemic-fin...
In Beijing on November 7th with Deputy Commissioner Yang Sheng of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and leadership. A meeting between WHO and NMPA addressing the next steps on regulatory system strengthening activities between WHO and NMPA.
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In Beijing on November 7th with Deputy Commissioner Yang Sheng of the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) and leadership. A meeting between WHO and NMPA addressing the next steps on regulatory system strengthening activities between WHO and NMPA.
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🆕 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Chairs of @droi.europarl.europa.eu @mounirsatouri.bsky.social & @euds.europarl.europa.eu @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social reaffirm their unwavering commitment to the safety of journalists
Read more 👇 link.europa.eu/kT4phg
Chairs of @droi.europarl.europa.eu @mounirsatouri.bsky.social & @euds.europarl.europa.eu @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social reaffirm their unwavering commitment to the safety of journalists
Read more 👇 link.europa.eu/kT4phg
The EU must defend journalists worldwide from assassination and imprisonment | News | European Parliament
Chairs of the EP’s Subcommittee on Human Rights and Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🆕 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Chairs of @droi.europarl.europa.eu @mounirsatouri.bsky.social & @euds.europarl.europa.eu @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social reaffirm their unwavering commitment to the safety of journalists
Read more 👇 link.europa.eu/kT4phg
Chairs of @droi.europarl.europa.eu @mounirsatouri.bsky.social & @euds.europarl.europa.eu @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social reaffirm their unwavering commitment to the safety of journalists
Read more 👇 link.europa.eu/kT4phg
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WHO condemns the reported killing of more than 460 patients and their companions, as well as the abduction of six health workers, on 28 October from the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan.
Read the full press release: bit.ly/3WuVZ9u
Read the full press release: bit.ly/3WuVZ9u
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
WHO condemns the reported killing of more than 460 patients and their companions, as well as the abduction of six health workers, on 28 October from the Saudi Maternity Hospital in El Fasher, Sudan.
Read the full press release: bit.ly/3WuVZ9u
Read the full press release: bit.ly/3WuVZ9u
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One of the world’s deadliest viral pathogens, Nipah virus, could soon have a new line of defence against it as CEPI, the University of Oxford and Serum Institute of India collaborate to create the world’s largest investigational ready reserve of a Nipah virus vaccine candidate.
Establishing the world’s largest Nipah virus vaccine reserve | CEPI
CEPI, Serum Institute of India and the University of Oxford collaborate to manufacture ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccines for Phase II trials and
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October 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
One of the world’s deadliest viral pathogens, Nipah virus, could soon have a new line of defence against it as CEPI, the University of Oxford and Serum Institute of India collaborate to create the world’s largest investigational ready reserve of a Nipah virus vaccine candidate.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗖𝗩𝗠𝗡 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗶!
“Advancing Innovation & Building a Resilient Vaccine Ecosystem for a Safer World.”
www.youtube.com/live/4qsfA4t...
“Advancing Innovation & Building a Resilient Vaccine Ecosystem for a Safer World.”
www.youtube.com/live/4qsfA4t...
26th DCVMN Annual General Meeting 2025 - Inaugural Session
YouTube video by DCVMN International
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October 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗖𝗩𝗠𝗡 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗶!
“Advancing Innovation & Building a Resilient Vaccine Ecosystem for a Safer World.”
www.youtube.com/live/4qsfA4t...
“Advancing Innovation & Building a Resilient Vaccine Ecosystem for a Safer World.”
www.youtube.com/live/4qsfA4t...
Launched in 2022 to replace the previous SRA model, the WLA initiative provides a transparent and evidence-based pathway for global recognition of regulatory authorities to facilitate regulatory convergence and reliance.
Full list of WLAs in www.who.int/initiatives/...
Full list of WLAs in www.who.int/initiatives/...
October 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Launched in 2022 to replace the previous SRA model, the WLA initiative provides a transparent and evidence-based pathway for global recognition of regulatory authorities to facilitate regulatory convergence and reliance.
Full list of WLAs in www.who.int/initiatives/...
Full list of WLAs in www.who.int/initiatives/...
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