Posted on 05/01/2020 7:12:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Follow the money.
Hydroxycholorquine costs about $20 for one month’s supply. It is a generic drug manufactured by several companies. It has been approved and in use since 1955 for malaria and other diseases. It is unlikely that drug companies will pay for clinical trials to test the efficacy of hydroxycholorquine in view of limited profit potential.
Remdesivir is a proprietary experimental drug developed by one major medical company, Gilead Science. It has not been approved for use at all, but is being clinically tested, apparently sponsored by Gilead Science. Estimated cost for one month’s supply is $1,000. There is a high profit potential if this drug is ultimately approved.
Is it any wonder that the drug industry is trying to slow the use of Hydroxycholoroquine to maintain a market for
remdesivir after it finishes clinical trials?
The FDA has long had a symbiotic relationship with the drug industry, which some might view as incestuous, or worse. It is possible that the FDA is complicit in delaying use of hydroxychloroquine to allow a window of opportunity for the profit from Remdesivir.
There are several companies that make hydroxychloroquine. It is off patent and readily available.
Thanks.
I read somewhere that the first tests were a complete failure for Remdesivir
RE: Remdesivir Estimated cost for one month’s supply is $1,000.
I keep reading this price being quoted but for the life of me I cannot find a reliable source for this $1,000 figure.
Maybe you can show us where you got this figure. Thanks.
“More like another idiotic post from you.”
Red and yellow?
“Today Dr. Fauci excitedly endorsed Remdesivir for treating coronavirus!!”
Where?
The term for this is “regulatory capture” where a company has “captured” the regulator and the regulator does everything to benefit that company.
Follow the money with $ob’s like Fauxi!
The stock did soar in recent days, but it went down today. Unless he sold his stock in the company, Fauci is out of luck, because the company plans to give the drug away for free at least until Midsummer.
It seems to have some good effect on very advanced cases. HCQ seems to have its effects early on in the virus, like Tamiflu. That helps account for its poor results in hospital usage. Perhaps both in tandem will be useful in treating this virus.
The Fauxchi should have to reveal all pharmaceutical companies that he, or the NIAID Foundation (and the CDCs foundation, for that matter) own stock in.
It’s an expensive drug that the elite can afford but the riff raff can’t, so they die.
Published data indicates an initial does of 200 mg via IV then 100 mg via IV for 5-10 days. Here is a link to one supplier’s price sheet: /phttps://www.medkoo.comroducts/12094
Here is the corrected link: https://www.medkoo.com/products/12094
You might also want to read this article: https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/coronavirus-remdesivir-gilead-antiviral-drug-covid-19/573261/
Cost information is toward the end of the article.
Thanks for the links. Most helpful information!
bkmk
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