Return To Sender? Millions Of Hydroxychloroquine Pills Locked In Limbo
- 4 years ago
President Donald Trump once touted hydroxychloroquine as “game changers” in the fight against the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
Now, millions of doses of the drug are in limbo after the Food and Drug Administration stripped them of their emergency use authorization this week.
The drugs — hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate — were deemed too risky and likely ineffective to treat COVID-19.
According to HuffPost, the US federal stockpile has 66 million doses of the drugs, including 3 million tablets of Resochin, donated by Bayer.
But now it’s unclear what will be done with the excess supply.
Now, millions of doses of the drug are in limbo after the Food and Drug Administration stripped them of their emergency use authorization this week.
The drugs — hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate — were deemed too risky and likely ineffective to treat COVID-19.
According to HuffPost, the US federal stockpile has 66 million doses of the drugs, including 3 million tablets of Resochin, donated by Bayer.
But now it’s unclear what will be done with the excess supply.