'The Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée Infection, or IHU, is a large clinical research centre in the south of France. It was founded by Prof Didier Raoult, who was also director of the centre until August 2022, when he stood down ahead of the release of findings from a government audit that found the institute conducted trials “likely to constitute offences or serious breaches of health or research regulations”.'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/09/french-research-centre-behind-controversial-covid-paper-found-to-have-used-questionable-ethics-processes