Eric Berton, president of the University of Aix-Marseille, believes he has taken his "responsibilities" in 2020 to guarantee "legal integrity" He rejects the accusations. 16 learned societies of medicine regretted "the lack of reaction of institutions" to the treatments prescribed by the IHU teams to patients with Covid-19.
These learned societies had denounced what they called "the largest known wild therapeutic trial".Raoult's pre-print "does not serve the reputation" of the IhU, insists Eric Berton.