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#Hydroxychloroquine not the 1st time POTUS talked up an unproven, controversial drug. Last year our reporter @PeterACary reported how Trump fast-tracked an anti-depressant drug for veterans, linked to Mar-A-Largo associates. #Spravato #COVID19. https://publicintegrity.org/politics/trumps-raves-put-drug-for-vets-on-fast-track-but-experts-arent-sure-it-works/
Like #Hydroxychloroquine hydroxychloroquine, Trump trumpeted #Spravato's efficacy, saying, “You have people calling for help and if those people had that, I’m hearing like instantaneously they’re in better shape.”
“A wonder drug? I think it’s a wonder that anybody thinks it’s a wonder drug,” said Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Center for Health Research, on #Spravato.
Two of the patients in drug trials committed suicide. One man, 38, three days off of esketamine, shot himself. Another, a 55 year old woman, 13 days off esketamine, killed herself with a multi-drug overdose.
Watchdog group Public Citizen urged FDA not to approve drug without more research, citing unproven efficacy and proven dangers.
Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals makes #Spravato. J&J was also working with Trump associates from his Mar-a-Lago club who have influenced VA policies: Marvel Chairman Ike Perlmutter, Palm Beach physician Bruce Moskowitz, and attorney Marc Sherman.
@ProPublica ran a 2018 story on the trio called "The Shadow Rulers of the VA" by @iarnsdorf https://www.propublica.org/article/ike-perlmutter-bruce-moskowitz-marc-sherman-shadow-rulers-of-the-va
Earlier this year chairmen of the House veterans affairs a launched an investigation into Perlmutter, Moskowitz and Sherman & their possible ties with Johnson & Johnson. https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-veterans-spravato-antidepressant-johnson-and-johnson
Asin the Spravato incident, POTUS associates have financial interests in a brand-name variant of hydroxychloroquine by Sanofi, including Republican donor Ken Fisher & commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, according to @peterbakernyt @maggieNYT @nytimes story. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-malaria-drug.html
As of last year, Mr. Trump reported that his three family trusts each had investments in a Dodge & Cox mutual fund, whose largest holding was in Sanofi, according to @nytimes report, also reported by @katierogers @davidenrich
