‘The Lancet’ retracted a key study that linked anti-malarial drug HCQ to increased risk of death and irregularity in heart rhythms in coronavirus patients.
Mandeep R. Mehra, who graduated from a medical college in Maharashtra, is now a professor at Harvard, while Sapan S. Desai founded the data analytics firm Surgisphere.
In episode 489 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta discusses the controversial studies that were retracted after scientists around the world raised questions on its data accuracy.
Three of the four authors of the study apologised to The Lancet's editors and readership for any embarrassment or inconvenience their published findings may have caused.
Questions have been raised on the Lancet HCQ study over dataset and methodology. Another journal has issued similar concern over a study that used same data.
More than a hundred scientists have raised questions about the dataset used in the study published by The Lancet, which led to WHO halting all trials of HCQ.
Doctors have identified hypertension or high blood pressure as ‘a key dangerous factor’ that leads to distress and death in patients with the coronavirus.
In an analysis published in The Lancet, two Italian researchers have predicted a doomsday scenario for Italy if coronavirus infections continue at current rate.
The analysis of 10 gene sequences of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from nine patients in Wuhan found that the virus is most closely related to two bat-derived SARS-like coronaviruses.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
The Lancet is not the victim it is now pretending to be. It was all too ready to play into the hands of American pharma companies, which wanted to destroy an upstart supplier like India and its products. I hope that the publishers will decide to shut down this abominable professional journal.
Mistakes and error of judgements are humane and expected. Greatness lies in prompt admission of mistakes and rectifying them.
The Lancet is not the victim it is now pretending to be. It was all too ready to play into the hands of American pharma companies, which wanted to destroy an upstart supplier like India and its products. I hope that the publishers will decide to shut down this abominable professional journal.