- The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine published fraudulent studies linked to the Surgisphere Corporation, raising questions about the influence of powerful figures, including Anthony Fauci.
- Surgisphere, an obscure medical education company, claimed to control a global database with data from 96,000 patients across 600 hospitals, despite having only eleven employees, including unconventional personnel.
- The studies published on May 1 and May 22, 2020, reported that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was ineffective and dangerous, leading to significant consequences for its use in treating COVID-19.
- Following the studies, the FDA revoked its emergency use authorization for HCQ on June 15, 2020, and the WHO along with the UK suspended clinical trials on May 25, later declaring HCQ ineffective.
- Several European countries banned HCQ, contributing to the narrative that the drug’s use in COVID-19 treatment was untenable.
- Both studies published in The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine relied on data from Surgisphere Corporation, a small company with a questionable reputation.
- Surgisphere claimed access to a global database of medical information from 96,000 patients across 600 hospitals, despite having only eleven employees.
- The studies published on May 1 and May 22, 2020, suggested that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was ineffective and increased cardiac mortality in COVID-19 patients.
- As a result of the Lancet study, the FDA revoked its emergency use authorization for HCQ on June 15, 2020, and clinical trials by the WHO and UK were suspended.
- Following these studies, several European nations banned the use of HCQ.
- However, 200 independent scientists revealed the studies as fraudulent due to significant inaccuracies in the data, such as impossible death rates reported from Australian hospitals.
- Surgisphere’s data was discredited, leading to the disappearance of the company and its founder from public view.
- The University of Utah also rescinded the faculty position of co-author Amit Patel after the controversy.
- Over 100 scientists and clinicians questioned the authenticity of a controversial database and the integrity of related studies, leading The Lancet to face significant criticism.
- After two weeks of scrutiny, three coauthors requested the retraction of their paper, resulting in both The Lancet and NEJM withdrawing their studies.
- The article suggests that significant pressure was applied by powerful entities within the pharmaceutical industry to force these retractions, compromising the journals’ ethics and credibility.
- The Guardian highlighted this as one of the biggest retractions in modern scientific history, accusing The Lancet of promoting fraud and attributing the failures to more than just incompetence.
- The journals NEJM and The Lancet have been characterized as corrupted by pharmaceutical interests, with Richard Horton stating that they function as “information laundering operations.”
- Dr. Marcia Angell described medical journals as primarily serving as marketing machines for the pharmaceutical industry, indicating a systemic issue with the influence of drug makers over medical publishing.
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