Dr. Oz owns shares of companies that supply hydroxychloroquine, a drug he has backed as COVID ...

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NEW: @DrOz owns stock in companies that have been big backers of hydroxychloroquine, the very same drug that he's been promoting both before and since he launched his campaign for #PASen.
His nonprofit has been backed by a producer of hydroxychloroquine

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Dr. Oz owns shares of companies that supply hydroxychloroquine, a drug he has backed as a Covid...
Dr. Mehmet Oz has financial ties to suppliers of hydroxychloroquine as he backs the possible use of the anti-malaria drug to fight Covid-19.
2:23 PM · Sep 7, 2022

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Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz has financial ties to at least two pharmaceutical companies that supply hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug that he has floated as a possible Covid-19 treatment.

Oz, a physician and veteran television show host who is facing Democrat John Fetterman in the race for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat, owns along with his wife at least $615,000 in shares of Thermo Fisher Scientific, according to his financial disclosure. Thermo Fisher Scientific’s website lists hydroxychloroquine sulfate as one of its available products. It is unclear when Oz and his wife bought the stock, or whether they owned it as Oz promoted hydroxychloroquine as a Covid treatment early in the pandemic.

Oz and his wife also own between $15,001 and $50,000 in McKesson Corporation stock, according to the disclosure. The company labels and distributes hydroxychloroquine sulfate, according to the FDA. It is also unclear when they bought McKesson stock.

Hydroxychloroquine sulfate is the anti-malaria drug commonly known as hydroxychloroquine, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Doctors around the country, in part boosted by endorsements from former President Donald Trump and conservative media figures, have offered the medication to patients as a Covid treatment despite its questionable efficacy against the virus.

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1. That is so shocking that I don't even believe it!

Heh heh. Just kidding.

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2. That wasn't at all predictable AF?

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3. Used to take

it for RA until it messed my eyes up. Must say I took it for a very long time though. It’s why my rheumatologist insisted on me going to eye dr twice a year to catch changes in my eyes.