Lamont Thanks Tong Target for Medicine Donation.

Governor Ned Lamont Thursday thanked Amneal Pharmaceuticals for donating 400,000 tablets of hydroxychloroquine for distribution to state hospitals. “Making sure that medical facilities have the resources they need to treat patients who are in dire need of our support is an absolute priority. I want to thank Amneal Pharmaceuticals for their generous donation, along with DCP, and the Connecticut Hospital Association for working to ensure this medication goes to the right place. What we’re going through is unprecedented, and it will continue to take public-private partnerships like this to get through it,” Lamont said, according to Fox 61.

Amneal is a defendant in a price-fixing lawsuit against generic drug manufacturers filed last year by Attorney General William Tong.

Hydroxychlorine, a drug used to treat malaria and autoimmune diseases, has been approved by the FDA for use on patients hospitalized with COVID-19. It has been championed by Donald Trump. Doctors on the frontlines have expressed doubts about the drug’s effectiveness.