AdvertisementSEMINAL PAPERSToday, the story of Kemron does not feature in the history of Kemri and is only mentioned in passing. PATENT WARSThen the World Health Organisation entered the fray and Dr Koech flew to Geneva to defend his results. Clinical trials financed by WHO in five African countries later found that the dramatic benefits that Dr Koech and Dr Obel had reported were minimal. The US Congress discussed the matter and initiated its own study of Kemron through the National Institutes of Health’s Aids Research Advisory Committee. Today, Kemron is long forgotten, but it is still, perhaps, our best attempt yet to find a cure for HIV/Aids.

Source: Daily Nation April 26, 2020 07:52 UTC