[sima_yi]

First, if it were me, I would prescribe hydroxychloroquine rather than chloroquine, since the effective dose is less and therefore has fewer side effects.

Keeping in mind that it takes a billion dollars and ten years to bring a drug to market (cut this in half if the FDA will fast track it):

Suppose Dastardly Evil Pharmaceuticals Inc., LLC, makes a profit of one cent on a tablet of hydroxychloroquine. If it had a billion tablets on hand, it could sell them tomorrow at a clear, straight to the bottom line profit of ten million dollars.

What management in its right mind would forgo ten million dollars in profit right now, in order to risk a billion dollars to bring a drug to market years after this hysteria is over?

[rightwingcrazy]

“What management in its right mind would forgo ten million dollars in profit right now, in order to risk a billion dollars to bring a drug to market years after this hysteria is over?”

An especially greedy one?