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Novartis CEO: Malaria drug is biggest hope against coronavirus - SonntagsZeitung
Yahoo News ^ | 3-29-2020 | Reuters

Posted on 03/29/2020 11:41:14 AM PDT by tellw

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ZURICH, March 29 (Reuters) - Novartis Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan said his Sandoz generics unit's malaria, lupus and arthritis drug hydroxychloroquine is the company's biggest hope against the coronavirus, Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported on Sunday.

Novartis has pledged to donate 130 million doses and is supporting clinical trials needed before the medicine, which U.S. President Donald Trump also has been promoting, can be approved for use against the coronavirus.

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1 posted on 03/29/2020 11:41:14 AM PDT by tellw
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To: tellw
We need to start making large numbers of hydroxychloroquine here in the U.S.A.
2 posted on 03/29/2020 11:46:54 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: tellw

Dr Zelenko has perfected a therapy in the United States which has three components proven to work, every time, if administered before the lungs fill with mucus.

What is being used is a combination of drugs , not just Hydroxi-chloroquin, which shows that the Democrats and Big Pharm does not want what is working should be understood by the People.They rail against a single part of the therapy without revealing the rest of it because IT WORKS.But it has to be administered before the lungs fill with mucus.

But what President Trump’s agent, Rudy Giuliani has done is created a populist end run around the CDC ( Fauci) and the FDA. This to save lives.

If you are a Trump supporter you know what to do. Contact your physician and ask whether this therapy can be available if you need it. If not shop around. And if you find a Jewish doctor, you’re in like Flynn.The therapy cost of the drugs is $20.00, so it won’t break you.

Its really up to you.

President Trump has arranged for millions of dosages to come into our country from Israel’s Teva Corporation....Free. Availability will be no problem.

Secondly there is a pretty sure possibility that hydroxy-chloroquine acts as an prophylaxis, taking 1 x 200 mg HCQ per day along with a 200 gram Zinc supplement.Almost all of the front line doctors in NYC are doing this, so why not everybody. We soon will have enough HCQ to do that.

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THIS CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE

EXCELLENT NEWS: Hydroxychloroquine Treatment Effective on 699 Patients

Must see video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TJdjhd_XG8&t=586s

Dr. Vladimir (Zev) Zelenko

Board Certified Family Practitioner

501 Rt 208, Monroe, NY 10950

845-238-0000

March 23, 2020

To all medical professionals around the world:

My name is Dr. Zev Zelenko and I practice medicine in Monroe, NY. For the last 16 years, I have cared for approximately 75% of the adult population of Kiryas Joel, which is a very close knit community of approximately 35,000 people in which the infection spread rapidly and unchecked prior to the imposition of social distancing.

As of today my team has tested approximately 200 people from this community for Covid-19, and 65% of the results have been positive. If extrapolated to the entire community, that means more than 20,000 people are infected at the present time. Of this group, I estimate that there are 1500 patients who are in the high-risk category (i.e. >60, immunocompromised, comorbidities, etc).

Given the urgency of the situation, I developed the following treatment protocol in the pre-hospital setting and have seen only positive results:

1. Any patient with shortness of breath regardless of age is treated.

2. Any patient in the high-risk category even with just mild symptoms is treated.

3. Young, healthy and low risk patients even with symptoms are not treated (unless their circumstances change and they fall into category 1 or 2).

My out-patient treatment regimen is as follows:

1. Hydroxychloroquine 200mg twice a day for 5 days

2. Azithromycin 500mg once a day for 5 days

3. Zinc sulfate 220mg once a day for 5 days

The rationale for my treatment plan is as follows. I combined the data available from China and South Korea with the recent study published from France (sites available on request). We know that hydroxychloroquine helps Zinc enter the cell. We know that Zinc slows viral replication within the cell. Regarding the use of azithromycin, I postulate it prevents secondary bacterial infections. These three drugs are well known and usually well tolerated, hence the risk to the patient is low.

Since last Thursday, my team has treated approximately 350 patients in Kiryas Joel and another 150 patients in other areas of New York with the above regimen.

Of this group and the information provided to me by affiliated medical teams, we have had ZERO deaths, ZERO hospitalizations, and ZERO intubations. In addition, I have not heard of any negative side effects other than approximately 10% of patients with temporary nausea and diarrhea.

In sum, my urgent recommendation is to initiate treatment in the outpatient setting as soon as possible in accordance with the above. Based on my direct experience, it prevents acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), prevents the need for hospitalization and saves lives.

With much respect,

Dr. Zev Zelenko


3 posted on 03/29/2020 11:47:03 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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To: tellw
Big Pharma blinked.
4 posted on 03/29/2020 11:47:23 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Mocking Liberals is not only a right, but the duty of all Americans.)
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To: FreeReign

Ummm... I think Trump has probably thought of that.


5 posted on 03/29/2020 11:48:50 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: tellw
PSST don't tell Gretchen “Short” Whitmar.
6 posted on 03/29/2020 11:49:10 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: tellw

Limited side effects, should be able to do field trials on a large basis. 5 day course of the drug, I understand, so 130 million are courses for 26 million. We’ll probably need more than that worldwide, but let’s get started.


7 posted on 03/29/2020 11:49:32 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: tellw

It’s interesting that hundreds of millions of doses are pledged by various manufacturers before the FDA has approved it to fight COVID-19.


8 posted on 03/29/2020 11:50:09 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Cobra64

Didn’t say he didn’t...um.


9 posted on 03/29/2020 11:50:47 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: tellw
"Pre-clinical studies in animals as well as the first data from clinical studies show that hydroxychloroquine kills the coronavirus," Narasimhan told the newspaper. "We're working with Swiss hospitals on possible treatment protocols for the clinical use of the drug, but it's too early to say anything definitively."

Are they having a shortage of sick people to test on?

Get on with it!

#SlowingTheResponse

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10 posted on 03/29/2020 11:51:20 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: tellw

Good news is breaking out all over about this angle of attack. Novartis Clinical Trial Directors have credibility. I can bet they are not just hunting down funding taking advantage of fedzilla $$$.

Clinical trials may begin next week in New York for coronavirus treatments:
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/clinical-trials-begin-week-york-coronavirus-treatments-health/story?id=69817703

Many other centers are preparing or have trials underway.

Several clinical trial centers are getting ramped up to test hydroxychoroquine-azithromycin combo treatment ‘HCA Tx’ in clinical trials.

That costs money.

Reports/rumors are that Fauci is dragging his feet on funding HCA Tx trials because he long ago sold his soul to the vaccine lobby and his press statements appear to confirm this sellout/bias.

So the centers are getting $$$ from somewhere. But from where?

POTUS has been touting the promising reports of HCA Tx results. POTUS did not pull the results out of his butt. He’s getting reports likely from some stellar military physicians who tell him straight.

My bet is POTUS is directing a fund manager somewhere to greenlight the HCA Tx trials.


11 posted on 03/29/2020 11:52:10 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: tellw

“Novartis Chief Executive Vas Narasimhan said his Sandoz generics unit’s malaria, lupus and arthritis drug hydroxychloroquine is the company’s biggest hope against the coronavirus, Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported on Sunday.”

as they say on “Pulp Fiction”, “He should F-ing better know better” ... after all if President Trump is optimistic that the drug MIGHT be a “game changer if it works”, then everyone else is supposed to automatically declare that it’s not possible for the drug to work and that President Trump is an ignorant buffoon is is simply raising baseless false hopes ...


12 posted on 03/29/2020 11:52:23 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: FreeReign

Our special friends in Pakistan make it for Bayer.

I’m sure Novartis makes their low margin malarials in a similar S-hole country.


13 posted on 03/29/2020 11:53:14 AM PDT by UNGN
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To: Hostage
Clinical trials may begin next week in New York for coronavirus treatments:

Cuomo received the meds about a week ago. Sounds like they are still sitting in their wrappers.

14 posted on 03/29/2020 11:54:13 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: tellw

It may be the biggest hope, but not if you live in the US. The CDC and the FDA dither and delay, as far as I can tell.

No wonder that Chinese statistician from Massachusetts, who knew she was infected, tried to hide it on a plane and go back to China for treatment.


15 posted on 03/29/2020 11:54:30 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: FreeReign
Cuomo received the meds about a week ago.

Seems to me he didn't take them.

16 posted on 03/29/2020 11:55:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: tellw

Yet when Trump said the same thing the commie media said that he was peddling false hope..the DRUGS WORK EVERYONE SHOULD BE GETTING IT PERIOD END OF STORY..no one should have to die!!! NOT ONE MORE DEATH, but we have to rely on China to make the drug for us like they do for everything else so we have to kiss the ring of the commie regime


17 posted on 03/29/2020 11:55:38 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Legal liability issues always precede and steer FDA responses.

Unfortunately, industry sellouts sometimes accompany such responses. Yes, $$$ talks. science sometimes walks, lawyers lawyer, and Government boobs balk.


18 posted on 03/29/2020 11:55:52 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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From 2013 to 2015 it was briefly renamed the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, is a non-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the US tax code with offices located in New York City and Little Rock, Arkansas.

Through 2016, the foundation had raised an estimated $2 billion from US corporations, foreign governments and corporations, political donors, and various other groups and individuals.

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) As of January 1, 2010, the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative..... an initiative of the Clinton Foundation...... became a separate nonprofit organization called the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI).

The Clinton Foundation continues to supply Africa and other areas with anti-malarial drugs (heralded as a treatment for the coronavirus)..

In 2011 CHAI provided more than 12 million individuals globally with subsidized anti-malarial drugs.

CHAI was spun off into a separate organization in 2010; Ira Magaziner became its CEO (he had been a key figure in then-F/L Hillary's loser health care plan of 1993). Chelsea Clinton joined its board in 2011, as did Tachi Yamada, onetime President of the Global Health Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

19 posted on 03/29/2020 11:56:20 AM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: dfwgator

Perhaps they’re in a NYS warehouse next to those unused ventilators.


20 posted on 03/29/2020 11:57:03 AM PDT by FreeReign
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