The mysterious company behind a misleading coronavirus drug study - a podcast by ABC News

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.

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