Medical row in France over unauthorised Covid trial
French medical bodies have called on authorities to punish researcher Didier Raoult for ‘the largest unauthorised clinical trial ever seen’ regarding the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. – AFP pic, May 28, 2023.
FRENCH medical bodies today called on authorities to punish researcher Didier Raoult for “the largest ‘unauthorised’ clinical trial ever seen” regarding the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat Covid-19. Raoult, the former head of the IHU Mediterranee research hospital, and his subordinates engaged in “systematic prescription of medications as varied as hydroxychloroquine, zinc, ivermectin and azithromycin to patients suffering from Covid-19… without a solid pharmacological basis and lacking any proof of their effectiveness,” a group of 16 research bodies wrote in an op-ed piece on daily Le Monde’s website.
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