for the Minister of Research, he is no longer a “great scientist” in view of his “deviant practices”

“It’s hard to keep calling him ‘great scientist’ when you have these practices”estimated this Thursday on franceinfo the Minister of Higher Education and Research Sylvie Retailleau about Didier Raoult, while a search was carried out on Wednesday at the IHU Méditerranée Infection, founded by the professor, within the framework an investigation by the Marseille public prosecutor’s office into suspicions of unauthorized clinical trials. “It’s serious”castigated the minister.

Systematic prescriptions “without solid pharmacological basis”

Searches which also take place three days after sixteen learned medical societies arrested on Sunday, in a column published in The worldthe authorities on “the systematic prescription, to patients with Covid-19, of drugs as varied as hydroxychloroquine, zinc, ivermectin or azithromycin without solid pharmacological bases, and in the absence of any proof of efficacy”.

“When we have deviant practices, when we don’t follow the protocols which are safety protocols for patients, on clinical trials, on therapeutic trials and the use of drugs yes, we take risks.”

Sylvie Retailleau

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Judicial information was opened in July 2022 following reports from the Medicines Agency concerning the IHU when it was directed by the controversial professor, in particular for forgery in writing. “He was a great scientist”, underlined Sylvie Retailleau, but for some time, “he had problems of management, moral harassment”, in addition to “actually deviant, incorrect practices”.