Questions over data transparency around Australian doctor’s $1m GoFundMe Covid-19 vaccine
by Donna Lu and Royce Kurmelovs from on (#5TDFD)
Professor Nikolai Petrovsky has been criticised for advocating for Covax-19 vaccine to be approved for use in Australia without making publicly available substantial peer-reviewed clinical evidence to support its efficacy
A South Australian doctor who has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in crowdfunding for a potential Covid-19 vaccine has been given permission to submit clinical data for assessment by Australia's medicines regulator.
Prof Nikolai Petrovsky, who has been publicly critical of Covid-19 vaccines approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, has raised more than $850,000 on the fundraising website GoFundMe for Covax-19, a vaccine candidate developed by his company, Vaxine Pty Ltd.
Continue reading...