Covid and EBM- or lack of it…
The novel anti-Covid medicines look promising and appealing, but I’d urge caution in interpreting the study results…
Medical Practice
Clinical stories and reflections on evidence-based medicine, research, and patient care.
Is Remdesivir a Rambaan remedy for Covid?
Last week, the district collector called a meeting. The meeting was attended, among other, by local MLAs, MPs, bureaucrats and doctors from the two medical colleges in the district. The … Read more
Politics of Science in a Pandemic
In 2020, Covid virus— a black swan— wreaked havoc across the globe, killing more than 1.5 million people, infecting many more and causing economic devastation. And although research developments progressed very fast in … Read more
Make hay while the sun shines: Unproven COVID drugs in India
India has the world’s second-largest COVID-19 outbreak. India desperately needs effective treatments. But the way the country’s drug regulator is handling potential therapies concerns many of us. The Drugs Controller … Read more