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@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 Recap <thread>: (more...)
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https://twitter.com/ThomasS4217/status/1247351830608314369

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 2/ "As of last year, Mr. Trump reported that his three family trusts each had investments in a Dodge & Cox mutual fund, whose largest holding was in Sanofi [the French drugmaker that makes Plaquenil, the brand-name version of hydroxychloroquine.]" (more)

https://twitter.com/davidenrich/status/1247339671316824064

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 3/ Enrich mentions T's golf partner:
"Several generic drugmakers are gearing up to produce hydroxychloroquine pills, including Amneal Pharmaceuticals⤵️... (con't)
Mar 20, 2020:
"Amneal Accelerates Distribution & Production of Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate..."
nasdaq.com/press-release/…

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 4/ ...whose co-founder Chirag Patel is a member of Trump National Golf Course Bedminster in New Jersey and has golfed with Mr. Trump at least twice since he became president, according to a person who saw them. (con't)

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 5/ ...Mr. Patel, whose company is based in Bridgewater, N.J., did not respond to a request for comment. Amneal announced last month that it would increase production of the drug and donate millions of pills to New York and other states. (con't)

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 6/ ...Other generic drugmakers are ramping up production, including Mylan and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries."
Last year, nearly half of the hydroxychloroquine supplied in US had Indian🇮🇳 roots in 2019: (more...)

https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1247269009172713475

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 7/ Apr 6, 2020:
"Half the U.S. Supply of Trump-Touted Virus Drug Now Cut Off" (more...)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 8/ In the latest edition of "don't believe a word coming from #IMPOTUS45's mouth:" (more...)
Apr 6, 2020:

https://twitter.com/suhasinih/status/1247332141861498880

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 9/ Back to NYT Apr 6, 2020:
"The FDA, which has approved hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for malaria and lupus, issued an emergency order late last month allowing doctors to administer it to coronavirus patients if they saw fit. (con't)

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 10/ ...Mr. Trump said the federal government would distribute 29 million doses and that he had called Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India🇮🇳 requesting more."
Is the plan to relabel India's hydroxychloroquine with Amneal, Mylan, Novartis, Teva, etc. brands at a hefty mark-up?

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 11/ "Roberto Mignone, a Teva* board member, reached out to the team of Jared Kushner...through Nitin Saigal, who used to work for Mr. Mignone and is a friend of Mr. Kushner’s, according to people informed about the discussions. (con't) *@mrspanstreppon

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 12/ ...Mr. Kushner’s team referred him to the WH task force and Mr. Mignone 👉asked for help getting India to ease export restrictions👈, which have since been relaxed, allowing Teva to bring more pills into the United States. (con't)

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 13/ ...Mr. Mignone, who is also a vice chairman of NYU Langone Health, which is running a clinical study of hydroxychloroquine, confirmed on Monday that he has spoken with the administration about getting more medicine into the country." (more...)

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 14/ "Another investor in both Sanofi [the French🇫🇷 company] and Mylan, another pharmaceutical firm, is Invesco, the fund previously run by Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary."
"Mr. Trump first expressed interest in hydroxychloroquine a few weeks ago... (con't)

@zipillinois @ThomasS4217 15/ ...telling associates that Mr Ellison, a billionaire & a founder of Oracle, had discussed it w/him. At the time, Dr Mehmet Oz, the host of television’s 'The Dr Oz Show,' was in touch w/Mr. Trump’s advisers about expediting approval to use the drug for the coronavirus." /end