Thread by @JerylBier

In March, Rick Bright requested the FDA issue an "Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for emergency use of oral formulations of chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate for the treatment of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)..."
fda.gov/media/136534/d…

This "emergency" request to allow doctors to prescribe chloroquine is not mentioned in this @maggieNYT-@shearm @nytimes piece about Bright's ouster, though Bright seems to allude to it here:
nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/…

He says "he insisted"... I do not have the text of his request, but the FDA's response puts the limitations he mentioned today as a condition for the approval back in March.
fda.gov/media/136534/d…

At the same time the FDA granted Bright's request, "HHS accepted [30 million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate] to Strategic National Stockpile as possible treatments for COVID-19 patients"
hhs.gov/about/news/202…

BARDA noted the donation on its website:
phe.gov/about/barda/Pa…

I am not jumping to conclusions - there's not enough known. It would help if the @FDA could release the text of Bright's request for the emergency authorization so his outlook on the potential of the drugs was more clear.

The "emergency" request to allow doctors to prescribe chloroquine is not mentioned in the @Politico piece either that first raised questions about whether Dr. Bright was being completely transparent:
politico.com/news/2020/04/2…

and now the @NYTimes article DOES include it...
nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/…

The Politico piece now also include the HHS statement that refers to Bright's request for an Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA, but @ddiamond had already linked to his 3/29 story on the FDA emergency authorization.
politico.com/news/2020/04/2…

Here's the 3/29 Politico piece. It does not specifically mention Bright's role in the request.
politico.com/news/2020/03/2…

By the way, @ddiamond and @politico deserve more credit than I have given for the work on the Bright story. It provides vital context others left out.
politico.com/news/2020/04/2…

https://twitter.com/JerylBier/status/1253335470198493187