Dexamethasone and CoViD-19: RECOVERY trial provided invaluable clinical evidence but costed precious lives!

Hamid Merchant; Chia Siang Kow; Syed Shahzad Hasan

Dexamethasone and CoViD-19: RECOVERY trial provided invaluable clinical evidence but costed precious lives!

Hamid Merchant, Chia Siang Kow, Syed Shahzad Hasan

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Original language	English
Article number	m2422/rr-10
Number of pages	1
Journal	The BMJ
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 26 Jun 2020

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9 Citations
4 Letter
2 Review article
1 Article
1 Preprint

Coronavirus may stay with us forever!
Merchant, H., 11 May 2020, In: The BMJ. 369, 1 p., m1790/rr-6.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access
CoViD-19: Pharmaceutical care during early disease
Merchant, H., 29 May 2020, In: The BMJ. 1 p., bmj.m2035/rr-2.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

Open Access
CoViD-19: An early intervention therapeutic strategy to prevent developing a severe disease as an alternative approach to control the pandemic
Merchant, H., 23 May 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) 7 p. (ScienceOpen Preprints).
Research output: Working paper › Preprint

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CoViD-19 may not end as predicted by the SIR model
Merchant, H., 2 May 2020, In: The BMJ. 369, 1 p., m1567/rr.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

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Hand sanitisers amid CoViD-19: A critical review of alcohol-based products on the market and formulation approaches to respond to increasing demand.
Beradi, A., Perinelli, D., Merchant, H., Bisharat, L., Basheti, I., Bonacucina, G., Cespi, M. & Palmieri, G., 30 Jun 2020, In: International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 584, 14 p., 119431.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
120 Citations (Scopus)

CoViD Now: Debunking Myths of the Virus
Hamid Merchant, Wajiha Javed, Iqbal Afridi, Sidra Javed, Muhammad Irfan, Bushra Jamil, Syed Shahzad Hasan & Sabiha Anis
26/07/20 → 20/09/20
6 Media contributions
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Study says inhalers OK to use amid COVID-19 concerns
Hamid Merchant, Syed Shahzad Hasan, Toby Capstick, Syed Tabish Razi Zaidi & Chia Siang Kow
7/07/20 → 13/07/20
13 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Substandard hand sanitisers readily available on market
Hamid Merchant, Marco Cespi & Alberto Berardi
27/05/20 → 15/06/20
12 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Why Pakistan cannot produce essential medicines?
Hamid Merchant & Izhar Hussain
30/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Pakistan and severe medicine shortages
Hamid Merchant & Izhar Hussain
20/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment

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