Coronacast | The mysterious company behind a misleading coronavirus drug study
When the World Health Organisation saw data from a study into a possible coronavirus drug treatment, it immediately halted trials for safety reasons.


The data implied that use of the drug hydroxychloroquine didn't help COVID-19 patients at best, and was even possibly harmful.


But it turns out that the data were suspect, misleading and based on some pretty weird assumptions.


Today, the story of a mysterious company that changed coronavirus treatment policies, and has called into question how medical studies are published.