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27 Jon Cohen, “Quarantined at home now, U.S. scientist describes his visit to China’s hot zone,” SCIENCE (Mar. 6, 2020), https://www.science.org/news/2020/03/quarantined-scientist-reveals-what-it-s-be-china-s-hot-zone
28 Zhang Yan, David Stanway, “China lab seeks patent on use of Gilead’s coronavirus treatment,” Reuters (Feb. 4, 2020), https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-patent/china-lab-seeks-patent-on-use-of-gileads-coronavirus-treatment-idUSKBN1ZZ0RL
29 Ibid.
30 BMGF Press Release, “Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard Launch Initiative to Speed Development and Access to Therapies for COVID19,” BMGF (Mar. 10, 2020), https://www.gatesfoundation.org/Ideas/MediaCenter/PressReleases/2020/03/COVID19-Therapeutics-Accelerator
31 Matt Krantz, “Bill Gates’ Coronavirus Manifesto Reveals 5 Forecasts For Investors,” Investor’s Business Daily (Apr. 24, 2020 01:48 PM ET) https://www.investors.com/etfs-and-funds/sectors/bill-gates-coronavirus-manifesto-reveals-forecasts-investors/
32 Associated Press, Fauci calls Henry Ford study on hydroxychloroquine and COVID19 ‘flawed’, (July 31, 2020). https://www.wxyz.com/news/coronavirus/fauci-calls-henry-ford-study-onhydroxychloroquine-and-covid-19-flawed
33 CNBC, Dr. Anthony Fauci: No placebo-controlled trial has shown hydroxychloroquine is effective, (July 31, 2020). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDjVwXM8ESE
34 CNN, Dr. Fauci warns against taking Ivermectin to fight Covid19, (August 29, 2021). https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/08/29/dr-anthony-fauci-ivermectin-covid19-sotu-vpx.cnn
35 Jason D. Goldman, et al. Remdesivir for 5 or 10 Days in Patients with Severe Covid19. NEJM, (May 27, 2020). https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2015301
36 European Medicines, Assessment Report: Vaklury, (June 25, 2020). https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/assessment-report/veklury-epar-public-assessment-report_en.pdf
37 NIAID, “A Multicenter, Adaptive, Randomized Blinded Controlled Trial of the Safety and Efficacy of Investigational Therapeutics for the Treatment of COVID19 in Hospitalized Adults,” NIH Clinical Trials .GOV (Apr. 2, 2020), https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04280705 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ProvidedDocs/05/NCT04280705/Prot_001.pdf) 38 John H. Beigel, M.D., et al, “Remdesivir for the Treatment of Covid19 — Final Report,” N Engl J Med 2020; 383:1813-1826, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2007764, https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2007764
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40 COVID19 Treatment Guidelines Panel Members, (Last Updated: August 4, 2021), https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/about-the-guidelines/panel-roster/
41 Jon Cohen, “Quarantined at home now, U.S. scientist describes his visit to China’s hot zone,” SCIENCE (Mar. 6, 2020), https://www.science.org/news/2020/03/quarantined-scientist-reveals-what-it-s-be-china-s-hot-zone
42 COVID19 Treatment Guidelines Panel. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) Treatment Guidelines. National Institutes of Health. Available at https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/about-the-guidelines/panel-financial-disclosure/ Accessed October 1, 2021.
43 AHRP, “Brazilian Scientists Speak Out Against Corrupted “Science” & the Use of Inhumane Study Methods,”AHRP (May 27, 2020), https://ahrp.org/brazilian-scientists-speak-out-against-corrupted-science-the-use-of-inhumane-study-methods/
44 AHRP, “Dissolving Illusions–“Authoritative” Medical Information Sources Are Corrupted,”AHRP (Nov. 26, 2017), https://ahrp.org/dissolving-illusions-medical-information-sources-are-corrupted/
45 AHRP, “Nobody Should Volunteer for Clinical Trials As Long As Research Data Is Secret,” AHRP (Apr. 12, 2012), https://ahrp.org/nobody-should-volunteer-for-clinicaltrials-as-long-as-research-data-is-secret/
46 AHRP, “Medical Journals Complicit in Corruption of Medicine,” AHRP (Nov. 13, 2010), https://ahrp.org/medical-journals-complicit-in-corruption-of-medicine/
47 AHRP, “BMJ Demands Raw Data From Pharma Clinical Trials,” AHRP (Dec. 10, 2009), https://ahrp.org/bmj-demands-raw-data-from-pharma-clinicaltrials/
48 Yeming Wang, MD, et al., Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial, VOL 395, I 10236, P1569-1578, (MAY 16, 2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31022-9
49 Ibid.
50 Phil Taylor, “Gilead slides as second Chinese trial of remdesivir is stopped,” PHARMAPHORUM (Apr. 15, 2020), https://pharmaphorum.com/news/gilead-slides-as-two-chinese-trials-of-remdesivirare-stopped/
51 Erika Edwards, Remdesivir shows promising results for coronavirus, Fauci says, NBC, (April 29, 2020). https://www.nbcnews.com/health/healthnews/coronavirus-drug-remdesivir-shows-promise-large-trial-n1195171
52 Gina Kolata, Peter Baker and Noah Weiland, “Remdesivir Shows Modest Benefits in Coronavirus Trial,” New York Times, (April 29, 2020, Updated Oct. 29, 2020), https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/29/health/gilead-remdesivir-coronavirus.html
53 FDA, “EUA Letter of Approval Veklury (remdesivir),” RADM Denise M. Hinton-FDA, (May 1, 2020 revised Oct. 22, 2020), https://www.fda.gov/media/137564/download
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55 Sarah Boseley, US secures world stock of key Covid19 drug remdesivir, The Guardian, (June 30, 2020). https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/30/us-buys-up-world-stock-of-key-covid-19-drug
56 Francesco Guarascio, EU makes 1 billion-euro bet on Gilead’s COVID drug before trial results, Reuters, (Oct 13, 2020.) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-remdesivir/eu-makes-1-billion-euro-bet-on-gileads-covid-drug-before-trial-results-idUSKBN26Y25K
57 Gillings School News, Remdesivir, developed through a UNC-Chapel Hill partnership, proves effective against COVID19 in NIAID human clinical trials, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, (April 29, 2020). https://sph.unc.edu/sph-news/remdesivir-developed-at-unc-chapel-hill-proves-effective-against-covid-19-in-niaid-human-clinicaltrials/