Fifteen scientists from five countries signed the letter presenting their concerns to the international medical journal, Enrico Bucci, biologist adjunct professor at Philadelphia’s Temple University, told Reuters. Last week the institute rejected the critique contained in the open letter, which was initially signed by 26 scientists but now has 38 signatories. He said his institute submitted the entire body of raw data on the trial results to The Lancet. He said the formal letter to the Lancet was signed only by 15 scientists with expertise in virology, immunology, pharmaceutical development, research integrity and statistical analysis. Naor Bar-Zeev, deputy director at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who peer-reviewed the Russian data, last week defended his analysis of the research following the publication of the blog.

Source: Hindustan Times September 15, 2020 06:12 UTC