One hundred and eight million, according to the Bernay company Biolog-id, is the number of blood bags used per year in the world for transfusion purposes. But at least 5% of these pockets would be lost, obsolete or non-compliant …, a loss of about $ 1 billion per year. “These are sensitive products that have … Read more
Question asked by Mano on 12/16/2020 Hello, You are asking us about the interest, in the treatment of Covid-19, of this antiparasitic used in human health since the beginning of the 1980s (then later for veterinary purposes). On the Internet, many sites relay the idea that its therapeutic efficacy would be proven. The thesis is … Read more
You can’t do your own thing with medicines. The therapy prescribed by the doctor must be followed carefully, without jumps or suspensions decided independently, also as a gesture of responsibility for oneself for others. The consequences of drugs not taken or taken without due continuity affect both the patient and the community, as explained in … Read more
During the first fifteen days of confinement, the doctors at GHU Paris psychiatry & neurosciences imagined the worst for their patients. Their psychiatric complications risked making them terribly vulnerable; they would be unable to maintain barrier gestures and any form of social distancing. Worse: they were going to disappear from the radars. During these two … Read more
The medico-political-media soap opera of hydroxychloroquine, an abundance of criticized scientific studies, intimate convictions and even irrationality between “pro” or “anti”, begins a new sequence of his crazy story. Title of this episode: the halt. The story started on Friday. In a resoundingly echoing study published that day in the prestigious and very serious medical … Read more
This is a sharp, very technical article, pre-published (and therefore not yet proofread and validated by peers) on April 30 on the platform. BioRxyv. It reveals that there are two strains of Sars-Cov-2 (the virus responsible for Covid-19) circulating since the start of the pandemic. “This mutation is not new, but what is it is … Read more
In Madagascar, the fight against coronavirus has taken the form of a caramel brown liquid. Distributed in plastic bottles, five-liter cans or in the form of tea bags for infusion, the product, called Covid-Organics (CVO), would be effective in “seven days” according to Andry Rajoelina. The Madagascan president no longer appears in public without his … Read more
A big slap. This is what has just received the researchers from the AP-HP in charge of conducting a clinical trial on Tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody commonly used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. On April 27, in a press release, the AP-HP welcomed the fact that in view of the first conclusions of the … Read more
Professor Bernard Begaud, pharmacologist, former president of the University of Bordeaux, chaired the monitoring committee for clinical trials within the French Medicines Agency (ANSM) for more than fifteen years. He returns for Release on chloroquine, and points to the inconsistency and lack of coordination of the trials in progress. After three months of waiting, do … Read more
Muriel Fartoukh is head of the resuscitation service at Tenon hospital in the XXe district of Paris. Today, his team is enjoying some respite, with 17 beds occupied by Covid-19 patients compared to 42 at the height of the crisis. A breath of fresh air that does not prevent him from remaining extremely vigilant. “Things … Read more