Lancet study is not randomised clinical trial, only analysis of hospital registers worldwide: CSIR on WHO suspending HCQ drug testing

May 27, 2020

New Delhi [India], May 27 : Dismissing the reports of health risks from Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) as per simmering reports cited by the World Health...

WHO decision to stop HCQ trial was a knee jerk reaction, says CSIR DG

Jun 04, 2020

New Delhi [India], June 4 : CSIR Director-General Shekhar Mande said on Thursday that the World Health Organisation's (WHO) decision to halt hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)...

ICMR writes to WHO disagreeing with HCQ assessment, officials say international HCQ trial dosages four times higher than Indian trials

May 29, 2020

New Delhi [India], May 29 : After the Union Health Ministry expressed reservations about the World Health Organisation's (WHO) advisory to suspend hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)...

Authors retract Lancet study on HCQ drug over unavailability of full data set

Jun 05, 2020

Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 : Three authors involved in a Lancet article that drew scrutiny over the trial of the antimalarial drug-- hydroxychloroquine--...

Four or more dosage of HCQ showed significant decline of covid19 among healthcare workers: ICMR study

May 31, 2020

New Delhi [India], June 1 : Citing noteworthy benefits of Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) prophylaxis against coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed...

WHO temporarily suspends trial of hydroxychloroquine

May 25, 2020

Geneva [Switzerland], May 26 : The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday (local time) temporarily suspended the clinical trial of malarial drug hydroxychloroquine for...