Timeline: When Bad Research Changes Public Health Strategy
Illinois-based Surgisphere Corporation had a brief moment in the limelight this year following its infamous study of hydroxychloroquine. But the impact of the company’s deception reverberated across world.

Oct 1, 2020
ABOVE: © ISTOCK.COM, BORISLAV; © ISTOCK.COM, EDEVARDE_MOREIRA; WIKIMEDIA, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Surgisphere Corporation had a busy few months in 2020, overseeing the launch of a new website, the publication of high-impact papers on treatments and outcomes in COVID-19 patients, and eventually a collapse of its reputation.

Read the full story.