WHO bans hydroxychloroquine from trials against Covid: what consequences for Discovery?
Following a large study published in The Lancet, the WHO has decided to suspend hydroxychloroquine from the trials of which ...
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Stem cells, repositioned drugs or molecules: where are we at with treatments for Covid-19?
While vaccines have been available since the end of last year, no treatment that can effectively cure Covid-19 has been ...
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Professor Raoult settles accounts with French research
On Wednesday June 24, the divisive Pr Didier Raoult, director of the Marseille University Hospital Institute for Infectious Diseases (IHU), ...
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Chloroquine would allow patients to be discharged from hospital sooner
A large French study concludes that treatment with hydroxychloroquine allows patients to be discharged from hospital earlier, without reducing the ...
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Chloroquine: WHO definitively stops clinical trials
The World Health Organization announced this Wednesday, June 17, to definitively halt clinical trials based on hydroxychloroquine to treat patients ...
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Chloroquine: the United States backtracks and revokes its authorization for emergency use in hospitals
While the World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended all its ongoing studies on the effectiveness of chloroquine in the treatment ...
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Chloroquine: the Raoult Institute launches a unit for monitoring treated patients
The Marseille University Hospital Institute, where Didier Raoult works, has launched a monitoring unit for patients affected by the coronavirus ...
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Hydroxychloroquine: two suspended German studies could soon resume
Two German studies analyzing the effects of hydroxychloroquine on Covid-19 patients could soon resume after being suspended for two weeks. ...
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WHO announces the resumption of clinical trials with chloroquine
Nine days after suspending all clinical trials on hydroxychloroquine, the WHO announced their resumption. At the same time, an American ...
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Chloroquine: The Lancet recognizes “significant doubts” about its study
The scientific journal The Lancet returned to its incriminating study against chloroquine and admitted errors. THE ESSENTIAL The British journal ...
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A hundred scientists question the study concluding the ineffectiveness of chloroquine
In an open letter, 120 scientists from around the world questioned the study published in the journal The Lancet which ...
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Chloroquine: WHO suspends all studies of which it is a partner
The WHO has decided to suspend all studies conducted with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine. A decision which comes after the publication ...
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Risks of death confirmed: Véran wants to review the rules for prescribing chloroquine
The therapeutic combination hydroxychloroquine (or chloroquine) and new generation macrolide is rather associated with an increase in mortality and the ...
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Coronavirus: Trump announces taking chloroquine even though he is not infected with the virus
Donald Trump recently announced that he is taking hydroxychloroquine every day to protect himself from a possible Covid-19 infection, even ...
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Chloroquine: two new studies claim that it is ineffective
Two new studies question the use of chloroquine treatment to treat Covid-19.A time perceived as the miracle treatment to treat ...
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Coronavirus: the effectiveness of chloroquine questioned in a recent study
An American study carried out on 1,376 patients demonstrated the ineffectiveness of a treatment based on chloroquine in the case ...
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The side effects of chloroquine worry the European Medicines Agency
The European Medicines Agency warns of the possible side effects of taking chloroquine and adds that there is no evidence ...
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Podcast: “For treatments, you have to test everything, without a priori”
In summary of our daily meeting led by Dr Jean-François Lemoine: deconfinement, screening and isolation of patients, the Korean strategy ...
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Coronavirus in Marseille: “The epidemic is disappearing”, according to Didier Raoult
On his Twitter account, Professor Didier Raoult assured Tuesday April 14 that “the coronavirus epidemic is disappearing in Marseille”. At ...
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Covid-19: ivermectin, an effective anti-malarial against the virus?
Australian researchers tested ivermectin in an in vitro assay. The drug is said to have reduced the viral load by ...
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A computer test to assess the cardiac toxicity of a drug
Researchers in biology have developed a computer model to detect possible adverse effects harmful to the heart of a drug, ...
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EXCLUSIVE – Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Professor Raoult delights the former HAS boss
For Professor Jean-Luc Harousseau, former boss of the HAS, the visit Thursday of the President of the Republic to the ...
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Podcast: “For masks, in three weeks it will be too late!”
In the summary of our daily meeting led by Dr Jean-François Lemoine: Catherine Kirnidis and Céline Laville are nurses, one ...
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Sweden drops chloroquine
Sweden has decided to abandon the use of chloroquine treatment to fight Covid-19. Doubts about its effectiveness and fears about ...
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Podcast: “For treatment with serotherapy, we will have the results of the studies at the beginning of May”
Contents of our daily meeting hosted by Dr Jean-François Lemoine: a hopeful interview with Pr Karine Lacombe, infectious disease specialist, ...
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Chloroquine, a treatment acclaimed by the French
A petition, aimed at expanding hydroxychloroquine treatments for patients with Covid-19, has exceeded 200,000 signatories. An “Ifop for labtoo” survey ...
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Podcast: “In intensive care, we are at the maximum of what we can do”
In the summary of our audio meeting hosted by Dr Jean-François Lemoine: Dr Charles Cerf, head of intensive care at ...
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Podcast: “It must be said very clearly that everyone must wear a mask!”
Contents of our audio meeting hosted by Dr Jean-François Lemoine: Philippe Dumas, ex-director of research at the CNRS, speaks of ...
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Chloroquine: fatal cases in the treatment against Covid-19
Presented as a potential “miracle” solution to Covid-19, hydroxychloroquine has caused heart problems in several patients, some of which have ...
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Podcast: for/against, Professors Harousseau and Bergmann answer each other on chloroquine
In the summary of our daily meeting hosted by Dr Jean-François Lemoine: the controversy continues on the interest of prescribing ...
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