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Old 31-07-2020, 08:23 PM   #4789
George V
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Default Re: Covid 19 -

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Originally Posted by PhilT2 View Post
The patents for many drugs are owned by foreign companies. They choose where they manufacture. We have no say in it. I'm not sure where most of the hydroxychloroquine based drugs are made but I expect they come from China. If anyone has an arthritis drug based on it could you check the packet.
India - largest producer and exporter of HCQ;

According to Forbes, typical production capacity 40 tone a month, 200 million tablets of 200mg doses. They did stop exporting for a while as per their govt direction.

It is also an immunosuppressant.

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