Friday, June 5, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine will be administered to Australian coronavirus patients




Picture: AFP
Researchers leading a clinical trial testing the efficacy of anti-­malarial drug hydroxychloroquine will proceed with admin­istering it to Australian corona­virus patients after international studies challenging the drug’s efficacy and safety were questioned.
The resumption of trials followed revelations that data relied on by scientific journals The Lancet and the New Eng­land Journal of Medicine was based on flawed data from a little-known US healthcare analytics company.

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