Ivermectin is a cheap, widely available, anti-parasitic drug that has been proposed by many as a possible treatment for COVID-19. Dozens of trials have been started, but results have been far from clear, with inconsistent results further confused by high profile paper retractions. Nonetheless many countries have recommended the use of Ivermectin, despite WHO advice to the contrary. Now a group of researchers have found suspect data in another influential paper which claimed a Ivermectin caused a 90% reduction in fatality. The paper, published at the end of 2020, has since been withdrawn pending investigation. In this episode of Coronapod we ask what this might mean for Ivermectin, and what's next for the controversial drug. News:<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02081-w" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Flawed ivermectin preprint highlights challenges of COVID drug studies</a> News:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02958-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Latin America’s embrace of an unproven COVID treatment is hindering drug trials</a> Coronapod:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01790-y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Surgisphere scandal that rocked coronavirus drug research</a> ﻿﻿<a href="https://go.nature.com/get-the-nature-briefing?utm_source=coronapod&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=shownotes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday.</a> &#10;&nbsp; <hr>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

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Coronapod: Ivermectin, what the science says

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