Thread by @StuartMcCarthy_

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

@DVAAus @BiointelectInfo For background on the tafenoquine story, pls see this international news piece by @wusa9 in Washington DC, including interviews with affected @AustralianArmy veterans & CEO 60 Degrees Pharma (Australian expat Dr Geoff Dow, former @WRAIR @USAMMDA employee).
wusa9.com/article/news/l…

Day before @DVAAus @DarrenChesterMP announces dedicated rehab for veterans poisoned by tafenoquine #Biocelect shipment of #60P tafenoquine arrives in Sydney to poison more @AustralianArmy soldiers. cc @cpyne
#TafenoquineRC #OzOeteransVote
#BiocelectAffair

https://twitter.com/7NewsTownsville/status/1107776092062965760

Some time since announcing the first shipment of tafenoquine to Sydney last week, #Biocelect has mysteriously vacated their Epping (Sydney) office. Does anybody know where they've gone? @DeptDefence @cpyne? 😕biocelect.com/about
#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote

Real estate agents in Kangaroo Island now advising office space rents are increasing by 20% due to unforeseen demand.
#PaladinAffair #BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote

Ms Jennifer Herz, founder and managing director of @BiointelectInfo, was appointed chair of the @nhmrc Health Innovation Advisory Committee, in October 2018, *during* the @AuSenate inquiry into quinolines in the ADF.
#TafenoquineRC # BiocelectAffair
nhmrc.gov.au/health-innovat…

@BiointelectInfo @nhmrc @AuSenate @BarryOQld In April 2018 biotech company #BTCHealth wisely divested themselves of @Biointelectinfo, selling the company back to the Herz Family Trust. There's little appetite for high financial & reputational risks associated with tafenoquine.
#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote

60 Degrees Pharma & commercial partners gambled on the award of a @US_FDA "priority review voucher" (PRV) valued at up to US$350M. Failure to achieve this, according to consultant @Reid99Mark during the Senate inquiry, has left 60P "millions of $ in debt."
prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Ms Herz (@BiointelectInfo managing director) is also on the expert reference group for @APPRISE_CRE, an @nhmrc funded centre of research excellence to develop research for & responses to infectious diseases.
apprise.org.au/how-we-work/go…
#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #Ozveteransvote

Ms Herz (@BiointelectInfo MD) is also a director of 60 Degrees Pharma. Contrary false evidence from @Reid99Mark to the @AuSenate inquiry, 60P rec's $millions from @USArmy to register tafenoquine w @TGAgovau.
#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #Ozveteransvote
60degreespharma.com/about-us/

The @APPRISE_CRE was estb'd in 2016 via a $5M @nhmrc grant. As a member of the ERG Ms Herz (@BiointelectInfo MD & 60P director) is being paid by the taxpayer to influence infectious disease policy & research.
#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #Ozveteransvote
apprise.org.au/multimillion-d…

The establishment of @APPRISE_CRE is largely attributable to Rear Admiral Jenny Firman. Yesterday APPRISE announced that Firman has been appointed the new @DVAAus Chief Health Officer.
apprise.org.au/apprise-thanks…

https://twitter.com/APPRISE_CRE/status/1108125380664131584

#TafenoquineRC #BiocelectAffair #OzVeteransVote

In 2016 Ms Herz (@BiointelectInfo MD & 60P director) tells a biotech conference in Sth America:

"if you're able to gain a drug registration in Australia with @TGAgovau, you can press for registration in Europe & elsewhere"

#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #Ozveteransvote

@BiointelectInfo @TGAgovau On 27 November 2018 Ms Herz (@BiointelectInfo MD & 60P director) briefs @biomelb on bringing Kodatef (tafenoquine) to market:

"The first new approval for malaria prevention in 20 years."

#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote

https://twitter.com/biomelb/status/1067293268122066944

As of 10 March 2018, the @TGAgovau Database of Adverse Event Notifications held 32 AERs for tafenoquine (from the @AustralianArmy drug trial subjects), including brain damage, suicide, psychiatric disorders & neurological disorders.
#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote

@TGAgovau @AustralianArmy On 19 October 2017, Chief of Staff to Health Minister @GregHuntMP wrote to @AmandaRishworth claiming that tafenoquine AERs had previously been removed from the @TGAgovau DAEN due to an "administrative error".
#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote

@TGAgovau @AustralianArmy @GregHuntMP @AmandaRishworth As of 29 March 2019, all tafenoquine AERs on the @TGAgovau DAEN are once again "missing".
#BiocelrctAffair #TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote
apps.tga.gov.au/PROD/DAEN/daen…

@TGAgovau @AustralianArmy @GregHuntMP @AmandaRishworth On 28 September 2016 I wrote to the @TGAgovau head of regulatory compliance, with clear evidence senior ADF officials had committed criminal offences against the TG Act during the @AustralianArmy tafenoquine trials. No action taken.
#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote

@TGAgovau @AustralianArmy @GregHuntMP @AmandaRishworth @DeptDefence @GSK @ShayneNeumannMP A 20 March 2019 media release from 60P states @TGAgovau approved Kodatef (tafenoquine) in September 2018, paving the way for approvals in other countries. The approval was based largely on the results of the @AustralianArmy trials.
#BiocelectAffair @TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote

To summarise, #auspol @GregHuntMP's department approved tafenoquine while:

- Ignoring/deleting severe AERs incl deaths.

- Ignoring criminal offences against TG Act.

- An @AuSenate inquiry was in progress.

- Appointing a 60P director & @BiointelectInfo MD to "advisory" boards.

This ^ is what's currently going on in your departments @cpyne @DarrenChesterMP @GregHuntMP @TGAgovau @DVASecretary @DVAAus @CDF_Aust @DeptDefence. Do you seriously condone this?
#BiocelectAffair #TafenoquineRC #OzVeteransVote #auspol