As Chloroquine Demand Surges, Bayer Looks To Emergency Use Authorization To Enter US Market

Unlike diagnostics, EUAs for drugs are rare and the fact that there already are FDA-approved competitors for Bayer’s chloroquine phosphate product may make the decision more complicated.

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Pharma companies are ramping up chloroquine production as Bayer looks to bring its product to the US under an emergency use authorization. • Source: Shutterstock

An ongoing shortage and increasing demand for a potential treatment for coronavirus could allow Bayer AG to obtain a rarely granted emergency use authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration.

Chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine, each old anti-malaria drugs, are being tested in the US and other countries as potential treatments for coronavirus after some reports suggest patients may improve

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