Ivermectin: Miracle COVID-19 cure or a dead duck?

The antiparasitic has polarised views while the world waits for credible evidence
Protesters in Canada, September 2021.
Protesters in Canada, September 2021. Photo: Alamy.

In a display of its regulatory power, the TGA issued cease and desist notices this month to doctors at six medical practices.

They had apparently defied the watchdog’s ban on prescribing ivermectin off label and were offering it to patients as a COVID-19 treatment and prophylactic.