WASHINGTON, June 16 — The United States yesterday withdrew emergency use authorisations for two antimalarial drugs favoured by President Donald Trump to treat the new coronavirus, effectively shutting the door on the politically charged treatments. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and chloroquine (CQ)...
Tuesday, 16 Jun 2020 08:41 AM MYT
Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine were authorised in March after they were found to inactivate the virus in test tubes, and early small studies appeared to show they worked well in humans, too. “It is no longer reasonable to believe that oral formulations of HCQ and CQ may be effective in treating Covid-19,” Denise Hinton, chief scientist of the Food and Drug Administration wrote in a letter.
Doctors will therefore still be able to prescribe them “off label” against Covid-19, though this is strongly discouraged by US health authorities. HCQ has likewise received ringing endorsements from right-wing news media, including Fox News, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, as well as in France from supporters of scientist Didier Raoult, who conducted one of the early experiments that showed favorable results. In May, Rick Bright, a prominent government scientist, testified in Congress that he was removed from his vaccine development role because he had raised concerns about HCQ and resisted its widespread use.
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