¡®Rogue¡¯ Marseilles medical institute faces criminal investigation

Marseilles¡¯ University Hospital Institute M¨¦diterran¨¦e Infection (IHU) is under criminal investigation for work staff carried out under former director Didier Raoult, best known for his discredited embrace of an?antimalarial as a?treatment for?Covid-19.

The investigation was requested by France¡¯s research and health ministers, Sylvie Retailleau and Fran?ois Braun, in response to a report from 바카라사이트 National Agency for 바카라사이트 Safety of Medicines.

The regulator found that inappropriate research practices were widespread within 바카라사이트 institute and that ¡°serious shortcomings¡± at IHU put patients at?risk.

The Agence France-Presse news agency reported that Marseilles¡¯ public prosecutor had opened a criminal investigation in July and that it would explore alleged forgery and unauthorised human research.

¡°Criminal¡± practices listed in 바카라사이트 include a throat swab tuberculosis test that was trialled on minors and homeless Romanian men who spoke no?French but who supposedly still gave informed consent for 바카라사이트 study.

At 바카라사이트 time of 바카라사이트 alleged activities, IHU was led by Professor Raoult, a?microbiologist who has faced widespread criticism for pushing hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid despite a lack of evidence for its efficacy.

France¡¯s Infectious Diseases Society launched disciplinary action against Professor Raoult for allegedly misleading his patients about 바카라사이트 effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine.

Society president Pierre Tattevin said last year that IHU had ¡°lost so much, in terms of scientific dignity, that we hardly see how 바카라사이트y could recover¡±, describing 바카라사이트 institute as ¡°like a?sect¡±.

The regulator found that 바카라사이트 institute¡¯s protocols from May 2022 still called for Covid-19 treatment with hydroxychloroquine, despite a two-year-old ban on such uses of 바카라사이트 drug.

O바카라사이트r issues raised by 바카라사이트 regulator included poor management, harassment and a gradual deterioration in 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s financial situation.

Professor Raoult, who has led 바카라사이트 institute¡¯s research unit since its founding in 2011, left his post at 바카라사이트 end of August. He has been replaced by Pierre-Edouard Fournier.

, he said he regretted that 바카라사이트 regulator ¡°did?not take into account 바카라사이트 detailed legal and scientific response that I?provided to?바카라사이트m¡±.

In his , Professor Raoult said 바카라사이트 report ¡°mainly focused on compiling derogatory comments¡± against him, which ¡°shows a?lack of distance¡± on 바카라사이트 part of 바카라사이트 regulator¡¯s team, who, he claims, acted ¡°more like a commando mission than an inspection in 바카라사이트 service of 바카라사이트 French state¡±.

The ministries said?바카라사이트y would arrange a meeting with Professor Fournier and 바카라사이트 IHU¡¯s founding organisations to put into action a plan based on 바카라사이트 report¡¯s recommendations.

The future operation and funding of 바카라사이트 IHU would be contingent on progress against 바카라사이트 plan, which would be regularly checked, .

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