DeSantis top donor invests in COVID drug governor promotes
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 2:22 pm
"DeSantis top donor invests in COVID drug governor promotes
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
August 18, 2021
In this Aug. 10, 2021, photo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions related to school openings and the wearing of masks in Surfside, Fla. Top Republicans are battling school districts in their own states’ urban, heavily Democratic areas over whether students should be required to mask up as they head back to school. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who has been criticized for opposing mask mandates and vaccine passports — is now touting a COVID-19 antibody treatment in which a top donor’s company has invested millions of dollars.
DeSantis has been flying around the state promoting a monoclonal antibody treatment sold by Regeneron, which was used on then-President Donald Trump after he tested positive for COVID-19. The governor first began talking about it as a treatment last year.
Citadel, a Chicago-based hedge fund, has $15.9 million in shares of Regeneron Pharmaceutical Inc., according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has donated $10.75 million to a political committee that supports DeSantis — $5.75 million in 2018 and $5 million last April."
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-bu ... 19b3ed994f
From Ron's Twitter page today.
"Ron DeSantis
@GovRonDeSantis
Today, I was at the Manatee Memorial Hospital Complex to open a monoclonal antibody treatment site that is operational 7 days a week, from 9AM-5PM."
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
August 18, 2021
In this Aug. 10, 2021, photo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions related to school openings and the wearing of masks in Surfside, Fla. Top Republicans are battling school districts in their own states’ urban, heavily Democratic areas over whether students should be required to mask up as they head back to school. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who has been criticized for opposing mask mandates and vaccine passports — is now touting a COVID-19 antibody treatment in which a top donor’s company has invested millions of dollars.
DeSantis has been flying around the state promoting a monoclonal antibody treatment sold by Regeneron, which was used on then-President Donald Trump after he tested positive for COVID-19. The governor first began talking about it as a treatment last year.
Citadel, a Chicago-based hedge fund, has $15.9 million in shares of Regeneron Pharmaceutical Inc., according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Citadel CEO Ken Griffin has donated $10.75 million to a political committee that supports DeSantis — $5.75 million in 2018 and $5 million last April."
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-bu ... 19b3ed994f
From Ron's Twitter page today.
"Ron DeSantis
@GovRonDeSantis
Today, I was at the Manatee Memorial Hospital Complex to open a monoclonal antibody treatment site that is operational 7 days a week, from 9AM-5PM."