Teva, Mylan and Novartis’ Sandoz have announced significant steps to meet the “urgent demand” for off-patent hydroxychloroquine sulfate as a potential treatment option for the global COVID-19 pandemic, as the White House directed the US Food and Drug Administration to expedite testing and possible broader use of the drug alongside another anti-malarial drug, chloroquine phosphate.
Sandoz, Teva And Mylan Step Up On Hydroxychloroquine
As White House And FDA Ramp Up Coronavirus Research
To meet expected demand in the weeks and months ahead, Novartis' Sandoz has committed to donate up to 130 million doses of generic hydroxychloroquine – a treatment for malaria currently under investigation as a therapy to aid in the COVID-19 pandemic – while Teva and Mylan have also made strides, as the generics industry continues to play its part in tackling the coronavirus outbreak.
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