Independent Medical Alliance
medical organization
The Independent Medical Alliance (formerly Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance [FLCCC]) is a group of physicians and former journalists, formed in April 2020, that has advocated for various unapproved, dubious, and ineffective treatments for COVID-19 (e.g. hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and other miscellaneous combinations of drugs and vitamins). The group was led from the start by Paul E. Marik and Pierre Kory. Initially their website said nothing against the vaccine, but promoted ivermectin until the vaccines were made available. Both would later join conservative or right-wing groups promoting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. In August 2024 both men had their medical board certifications revoked. On January 16, 2025, the organization changed its name to the Independent Medical Alliance.
The World Health Organization, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and European Medicines Agency advise against the use of ivermectin for COVID-19 outside of clinical trials, but the FLCCC has erroneously claimed that ivermectin could reduce viral load and accelerate recovery in people with COVID-19.
History
The FLCCC was founded by eight physicians and two former journalists in April 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. According to its co-president, Paul E. Marik, the group has a shared interest in vitamin C.
The group initially started promoting Marik's discredited sepsis treatment protocol as a treatment for COVID-19, and in April 2020 it circulated press releases promoting vitamin C, heparin, hydroxychloroquine and other drugs, before pivoting to ivermectin promotion in October 2020.
In November 2021 the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine retracted a paper written by Pierre Kory, Marik, and others.
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