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| India-US Ties : HCQ Export to America (And Brazil) |
| 2020-04-09 |
| [India.com] India-US Ties Stronger Than Ever, Tweets PM Modi, Says India Shall do Everything Possible to Fight COVID-19 New Delhi: Testing times like the one the entire world is experiencing now bring friends closer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday tweeted this asserting that the ties between the United States and India are stronger than ever. "India shall do everything possible to help humanity's fight against COVID-19. We shall win this together," the PM added. Thanking India for allowing the export of the anti-malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine to the United States, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership "in helping not just India, but humanity, in this fight!" India's role will not be forgotten, the US President commended, as he wrote, "Extraordinary times require even closer cooperation between friends. Thank you, India and the Indian people for the decision on HCQ. Will not be forgotten!" Hydroxychloroquine has been identified by the US Food and Drug Administration as a possible line of treatment for the COVID-19 and it is being tested on more than 1,500 coronavirus patients in New York. Anticipating that it will work, given initial positive results, Trump has bought more than 29 million doses of Hydroxychloroquine for the potential treatment of the COVID-19 patients. |
| Posted by:Dron66046 |
| #4 Very good. The sooner we get of the Chicom supply chain of prescription drugs, the better and safer we will be. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2020-04-09 20:40 |
| #3 India makes 70% of the world's HCQ. Good to know... and yes, the New York Times are idiots. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2020-04-09 19:44 |
| #2 Hmphf... the NYT are such idiots. India makes 70% of the world's HCQ. The volume was 40 tonnes per month, when malaria was still prevalent in rural areas. They scaled it up because a rheumatoid arthritis drug also came to use it. The intermediate chems, called APIs earlier came from China (them again). The US FDA itself had restricted import from Indian manufacturers. French Sanofi have their own API pipeline, not from China. Naturally, the Americans would first try there. Currently, three major Indian firms produce superior APIs, and Indian manufacturers can output at least 2 million doses per month. Right now, all that matters is, their must be no shortage of doses in any hospitals. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-04-09 05:25 |
| #1 But, but, but, I thought Trumpf promotes HCQ because he owns shares in a French Pharmaceutical Company that makes it?! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-09 04:39 |