Episode 1390 • • 1:37:19 - 1:41:21
1390: No Hugs For You!
Merck Refusal to Study Ivermectin and Nobel Prize Connection
Kitasato University in Japan requested that Merck conduct clinical trials for ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment, but the company declined. The hosts note that ivermectin's co-discoverer, Satoshi Omura, won the Nobel Prize in 2015. They speculate that Merck's refusal is based on the drug being off-patent and therefore not profitable compared to new proprietary treatments.