Thread by @itgotworse, This is excellent news. Ivermectin was used extensively to eradicate '#riverblindness' in [...]

This is excellent news. Ivermectin was used extensively to eradicate ' #riverblindness' in Africa. In 1987, #Merck decided to make the drug, Mectizan (known generically as ivermectin), available without charge. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200403115115.htm

Possible coronavirus drug identified: Ivermectin stops SARS-CoV-2 virus growing in cell culture

A new study has shown that an anti-parasitic drug already available around the world can kill the virus within 48 hours. Scientists found that a single dose of the drug, Ivermectin, could stop the...

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200403115115.htm

@ajay43 @just1doctorwala @juneymb Have you seen this?

I had used the case of Merck & Mectizan in my course on Business Ethics.

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