• Industry ups chloroquine production, donates millions of doses

    From slider@1:229/2 to All on Tuesday, April 07, 2020 11:23:18
    From: slider@atashram.com

    Manufacturers of hydroxychloroquine are increasing production and a number
    have offered to donate doses to combat COVID-19.

    https://www.outsourcing-pharma.com/Article/2020/03/23/Industry-ups-chloroquine-production?

    As yet, there is only anecdotal evidence that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can help in the treatment of infection with the novel
    coronavirus. However, demand has increased rapidly after President Trump suggested that it could potentially be used as a treatment for COVID-19.

    The drug is currently used to prevent or treat malaria infection, it is
    also used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

    According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), both
    forms of the drug have shown in-vitro activity against various forms of coronavirus, with a further study in China reporting that chloroquine
    treatment of COVID-19 patients displayed clinical and virologic benefit
    against a comparison group.

    As a result, Novartis, Teva, and Bayer all announced that they would be donating doses numbering in the millions globally. While Mylan, another producer, noted that it would take steps to scale up its manufacturing capacity. In terms of numbers, Novartis will donate 130 million doses,
    Teva will donate 16 million over the month, and Bayer three million.

    For its part, Mylan announced that it has restarted production of hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets at its West Virginia, US facility, and
    that it will also take steps to begin manufacture of the product outside
    of the US in the coming weeks.

    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not currently recommending
    the drug for use as a treatment, as the therapeutic potential against
    COVID-19 is still being evaluated by government agencies and academic
    centers.

    Stephen Hahn, FDA commissioner, outlined that the agency is aware that
    there may be additional pressures on supply of the product: We will engage
    with domestic manufacturers to ramp up production of this product to
    mitigate any potential supply chain pressures. If clinical data suggests
    this product may be promising in treating COVID-19, we know there will be increased demand for it.

    We will take all steps to ensure chloroquine remains available for
    patients who take it to treat severe and life-threatening illnesses such
    as lupus.

    ### - git making it ALL you fucks! (every country i mean) the alternative
    being to start kicking other people's doors in and taking theirs?? (riiiiight...)

    let's have a *billion dollar competition* to see who can make the MOST of
    it the FASTEST!

    or, we could all just take ANOTHER month off to argue/debate the issue??

    (are we fuckin' stupid on this planet or what?? YES! apparently we ARE!
    lol...)

    git fuckin' making it ya's aholes!!!

    it should have been DONE already!

    (comical image of slider out there actively slappin' them all around their dumbass heads to hurry the fuck up! - stupid little (slap) fuckin' (slap) bastards! (slappity-slap-slap-slap) - get ON with it ya morons! geez it's enough to make ya wanna spit! hahaha...)

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  • From slider@1:229/2 to All on Wednesday, April 08, 2020 01:18:17
    From: slider@anashram.com

    ### - was just pondering why this chemical even works?

    i.e., it apparently works by making the cells the virus normally invade; unpalatable?

    in which case, and if that's really it, then other substances could also
    maybe achieve a similar effect too... like maybe nicotine for example! (a
    very nasty + potent poison indeed!)

    that if this virus doesn't like to smoke (makes it cough see? haha) then
    maybe that might make it take longer to invade cells that taste bad thus allowing 'time' for one's own immune system to deal with it before it gets really going...

    plus lol wouldn't that be totally ironic if it was true?

    no need to smoke it either when there's nicotine gum for example!

    (ain't saying it works, only that other poisons might work similarly
    albeit to a lesser or greater degree...)

    ok folks... so what's yer poison!

    haha ;)

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