From the DOJ's letter: justice.gov/atr/page/file/…
Two others were McKesson and Cardinal Health.
The DOJ cleared antitrust hurdles for them earlier this month.
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The French paper that Trump cited in touting the drug's promise was repudiated by its publisher.
Another French study found it didn't help and had to be discontinued because of heart toxicities. cnn.com/2020/04/15/hea…
Some two decades ago, the contractor behind this work oversaw a defrauded clinical trial for an antibiotic that sparked a rare criminal prosecution. courthousenews.com/chloroquine-re…
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Meanwhile, a few more facts to contextualize this breaking news.
Three--Amerisource, McKesson, & Cardinal Health--controlled 85% of the wholesale U.S. drug market last year, per this WaPo report on alleged price-fixing. washingtonpost.com/business/econo…
Critics saw it as the Trump admin's attempt to punish subsidiary CNN.
They reported in the article on Delrahim's gift upon entering DOJ: a hat punning “Makan Antitrust Great Again.” nytimes.com/2017/11/09/tec…
"The Department understands that other, additional medicines could eventually be added to this distribution initiative," a footnote of the letter reads. justice.gov/atr/page/file/…
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