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In this tweet, @RSLNSW President @captainbrown & the RSL shred their little remaining integrity in relation to Australia's mefloquine & tafenoquine veterans. He has blocked most of us but you are welcome to read & RT this thread as to why & how.
#TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote
Mefloquine & tafenoquine have been given to around 5,000 ADF personnel, mainly during a series of unethical drug trials involving 2,850 ADF troops in Bougainville & East Timor from 1999 to 2002.
vimeo.com/239093288
Officials from @USArmy @wrair, developer of both drugs, admit 1000s of ADF troops were needed as guinea pigs for commercial purposes, i.e. to get tafenoquine registered by @US_FDA & @TGAgovau.

"We were completely naive, because we were desperate."

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The day before @DVAAus announces a program to treat veterans poisoned by tafenoquine (known to be more neurotoxic than mefloquine), the distributor @BiointelectInfo boasts about the arrival of the first tafenoquine shipment in Sydney.
#TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote
@DVAAus @BiointelectInfo The Managing Director of Biocelect (Australian distributor of tafenoquine) appears to have removed his LinkedIn profile. Please see below contact details for inquiries regarding the tafenoquine story.
#TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote
au.linkedin.com/company/biocel…
biocelect.com/contact
@DVAAus @BiointelectInfo During the recent Senate inquiry, the MD of Biocelect stated tafenoquine:

"is a specialist product, in the sense that it is for, initially, the corporate travel market and Defence"

The same drug at the same doses, tested on 1 RAR in East Timor 2000-01.

vimeo.com/239018083
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