Public Screening of a Documentary on “Mefloquine”

Invitation to Public Screening and Live Discussion

November 4, 2020, 6.15pm (CET)Join us for a screening of the documentary “Mefloquine: The anti-malarial drug investigation” (2017), selected from eh Sheffield Doc Fest 2017. Scottish filmmaker Cailean Watt attempts to understand his own experiences after taking the anti-malarial drug Lariam produced by Roche. The film will be followed by a moderated discussion among others with filmmaker Cailean Watt, Dr Remington Nevin (Quinism Foundation), Swiss journalists Rolf Käppeli and Max Schmid. We are looking forward to an interesting evening on zoom:

https://unibas.zoom.us/j/98195441750?pwd=RklTUUUrSUVaaEkyeGNRcnJrdEtBZz09
Meeting ID: 981 9544 1750Passcode: 958624

For more information, please contact Dr Tanja Hammel: Tanja.Hammel@unibas.ch

Developed by the US Army after the Vietnam War to combat malaria in troops, mefloquine became available to the public in the 1990s. However in the following decades it became most well-known for reports of its serious neuropsychiatric side-effects and toxicity. Questions about why it has been so widely and easily dispensed have been raised for some time. Cailean’s personal investigation seeks to understand why those affected have been left in the dark for so long. In doing so he uncovers some surprising truths about the powerful players involved in this controversial drug’s story.