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Government in conversations to authorize ivermectin for Covid-19 treatment

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The Public Health Minister, Dr. Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas, said that the Ministry is in conversations with the president of the Dominican Medical Association regarding the use of ivermectin to treat early phase Covid-19 patients. We are awaiting information to reach an agreement for the use of the pharmaceutical, he said.

He explained that for the present time, the use of the drug is approved for experimental use. It is yet to be included in the official recommended protocols for treating the disease in the Dominican Republic. “We are following up on the clinical reports in the country that indicate positive results,” he said. “We will continue to follow up and will make an announcement in due time,” he said.

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Cdn_Gringo said:
The DR might consider getting their order for Remdesivir in early before the more prosperous countries gobble it all up.
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Definitely, but they won't.

Voluntary Licensing Agreements for Remdesivir
Gilead has signed non-exclusive voluntary licensing agreements with five generic pharmaceutical manufacturers based in India and Pakistan to further expand supply of remdesivir. The agreements allow the companies – Cipla Ltd., Ferozsons Laboratories, Hetero Labs Ltd., Jubilant Lifesciences and Mylan – to manufacture remdesivir for distribution in 127 countries. The countries consist of nearly all low-income and lower-middle income countries, as well as several upper-middle- and high-income countries that face significant obstacles to healthcare access.

Under the licensing agreements, the companies have a right to receive a technology transfer of the Gilead manufacturing process for remdesivir to enable them to scale up production more quickly. The licensees also set their own prices for the generic product they produce. The licenses are royalty-free until the World Health Organization declares the end of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern regarding COVID-19, or until a pharmaceutical product other than remdesivir or a vaccine is approved to treat or prevent COVID-19, whichever is earlier.


Voluntary Licensing Agreements for Remdesivir

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Remdesivir is very expensive, nothing to rave about. Not yet available in the Dominican Republiic.

The dose for treatment with Ivermectin is affordable -- at most six boxes of RD$300 each. Ivermectin has been proven after being used to treat many patients in private clinics in Puerto Plata, La Romana and Punta Cana.

Dr. Jhonny Tavarez Capellan of Centro Medico Bournigal in Puerto Plata has several cases of patients that have recovered using the pharmaceutical. He said patients have recovered quicker than when other pharmaceuticals approved by the government were used.

-- interview with Dr. Tavarez Capellan.
 
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Ivermectin has been proven after being used to treat many patients in private clinics in Puerto Plata, La Romana and Punta Cana.
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Proven to the accepted level of scientific repeatability? I think not. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. I don't know and neither does anyone else at this point. As a Hail Mary, why not - it has to be better than that other Malaria drug suggestion.
 
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