The Justice Department on Monday cited 'extreme urgency' in clearing wholesale U.S. pharmaceutical distributors from legal hurdles in order to provide the controversial anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to COVID-19 patients.
by President Donald Trump as a"treatment" for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, despite reports from organizations including the American Heart Association that the medication exacerbates fatal heart problems and has not faced U.S. clinical trials.
"One initiative is the distribution of hydroxychloroquine from the Stockpile to health care providers in areas of greatest need," reads the Justice Department letter from Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim."In this distribution initiative, AmerisourceBergen and other distributors act as the U.S. Government's distribution agents. The U.S.
A 2017 opioid crisis lawsuit out of West Virginia names the same drug companies - AmerisourceBergen, McKesson Corp and Cardinal Health - which were given the go-ahead for hydroxychloroquine's distribution in the Monday DOJ letter. Despite hydroxychloroquine's anecdotal COVID-19"treatment" benefits being touted by figures ranging from syndicated talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz to right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh, the malaria drug - working in tandem with an antibiotic Z-pack - has been blamed for allegedly causing fatal heart attacks in patients with coronavirus symptoms. This week, the Swiss drug manufacturer Novartis came to an agreement with U.S.
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