{"id":7474,"date":"2020-04-27T14:48:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/?p=7474"},"modified":"2020-10-12T10:12:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T10:12:10","slug":"the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Chloroquine And Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_45_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" area-label=\"ez-toc-toggle-icon-1\"><label for=\"item-69f6c2539106a\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><input  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-69f6c2539106a\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/#Role_of_Chloroquine_CQ_Hydroxychloroquine_HCQ_As_Monotherapy\" title=\"Role of Chloroquine (CQ) &amp; Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) As Monotherapy\">Role of Chloroquine (CQ) &amp; Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) As Monotherapy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/#Role_of_Hydroxychloroquine_In_Combination_Therapy\" title=\"Role of Hydroxychloroquine In Combination Therapy\">Role of Hydroxychloroquine In Combination Therapy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\u00a0\">Conclusion\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/#References\" title=\"References\">References<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/find-an-expert\/subhajit-hazra\/?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Post&amp;utm_campaign=ChloroQ-Covid\">Subhajit Hazra<\/a>, experienced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/find-an-expert\/subject\/medical-writing\/?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Post&amp;utm_campaign=ChloroQ-Covid\">medical writer<\/a> on Kolabtree, writes about the role of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19, with summarized data from clinical trials.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In December 2019, China was struck by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19. Since then, the disease has claimed more than 1,70,501 deaths globally. (1,2) At present, researchers from across the globe are testing out various drugs to combat this ever-rising incidence of death. In this regard, the present article aims to clarify debates over the use of chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/find-an-expert\/subject\/covid-19\/?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Post&amp;utm_campaign=ChloroQ-Covid\"> COVID-19<\/a> through an evidenced-based approach.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Role_of_Chloroquine_CQ_Hydroxychloroquine_HCQ_As_Monotherapy\"><\/span><b>Role of Chloroquine (CQ) &amp; Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) As Monotherapy<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently there are no FDA approved drugs for the treatment of COVID-19. (3) In such a situation researchers are considering repurposing drugs as one of the viable options beyond standard care for the effective management of the disease. Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in this respect, have been subjected through a series of trials (4) <\/span><b>(Table 1)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to understand whether the drug can safely be used in patients affected with COVID-19.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7564 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-treatment.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"825\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-treatment.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-treatment-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-treatment-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/chloroquine-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19-treatment-300x203@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/>Table 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Summary Of Clinical Trials On CQ &amp; HCQ<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A detailed analysis of the trials showed that these studies were <\/span><b>underpowered<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (according to authors) and <\/span><b>lacked<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> long-term follow-up data required to support the role of CQ and HCQ in the treatment of COVID-19. Additionally, the trials suffered from allocation bias as participants were not randomized in the study. Therefore these studies were inconclusive and this demanded the need for further randomized controlled trials for the repurposing of these drugs to their correct effect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Role_of_Hydroxychloroquine_In_Combination_Therapy\"><\/span><b>Role of Hydroxychloroquine In Combination Therapy<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Azithromycin is known to have been used earlier for the treatment of Zika, Ebola, and severe respiratory tract infections. (5) Considering this, researchers carried out trials to elucidate the effect of combination (HCQ+Azithromycin) therapy on patients affected with COVID-19. However, such trials have shown <\/span><b>conflicting <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">results <\/span><b>(Table 2)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> thus, demanding the need to continue the search for other feasible treatment options.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7557 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hazra-Table2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"898\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hazra-Table2-1.jpg 898w, https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hazra-Table2-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hazra-Table2-1-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Hazra-Table2-1-300x227@2x.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><b>Table 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Summary Of Trials On Combination Therapy (HCQ and Azithromycin)<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(NEWS: National Early Warning Score; IDU: Infectious Diseases Ward; ICU: Intensive Care Unit)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><b>Conclusion\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging countries around the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/ensuring-reproducibility-in-ai-driven-research-how-freelance-experts-can-help-in-biotech-and-healthcare\/\">Healthcare<\/a> experts are trying their best to minimize its casualties on the general population. This compulsion can at times, lead to being inclined towards the more lucrative therapy rather than the one with clear scientific evidence. Therefore, at times such as these, one should only consider therapies based on evidenced-based literature reviews. Thus to conclude, currently, <\/span><b>neither hydroxychloroquine<\/b> <b>nor<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its <\/span><b>combination<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (of any kind) has been <\/span><b>approved<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the <\/span><b>USFDA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or by any <\/span><b>regulatory authorities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across the world as there is no clear evidence of its efficacy in the treatment of COVID-19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"References\"><\/span><b>References<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Singhal T. A Review of Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19). Indian J Pediatr. 2020, 87: 281\u2013286.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worldometer. (21.04.20). Retrieved from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Information for Clinicians on Investigational Therapeutics for Patients with COVID-19.\u00a0 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (21.04.20). Retrieved from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/hcp\/therapeutic-options.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/hcp\/therapeutic-options.html<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gbinigie K and Frie K. Should chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine be used to treat COVID-19? A rapid review [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 7]. BJGP Open.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gautret P, Lagier JC, Parola P, et al. Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19: results of an open-label non-randomized clinical trial [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 20]. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2020; 105949.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vincent JL, Taccone FS. Understanding pathways to death in patients with COVID-19 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Apr 6]. Lancet Respir Med. 2020; S2213-2600(20)30165-X.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gautret P, Lagier JC, Parola P, et al. Clinical and microbiological effect of a combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in 80 COVID-19 patients with at least a six-day follow up: A pilot observational study. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2020; 101663.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molina JM, Delaugerre C, Goff JL, et al. No Evidence of Rapid Antiviral Clearance or Clinical Benefit with the Combination of Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Infection [published online ahead of print, 2020 Mar 30]. Med Mal Infect. 2020; S0399-077X (20)30085-8.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Need to consult a coronavirus expert or COVID-19 researcher? View <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/find-an-expert\/subject\/covid-19\/?utm_source=Blog&amp;utm_medium=Post&amp;utm_campaign=ChloroQ-Covid\">freelance COVID-19 experts<\/a> on Kolabtree who can help you.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subhajit Hazra, experienced medical writer on Kolabtree, writes about the role of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19, with summarized data from clinical trials.\u00a0 In December 2019, China was struck by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or COVID-19. Since then, the disease has claimed more than 1,70,501 deaths globally. (1,2)<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":7478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[558],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.1 (Yoast SEO v20.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Role of Chloroquine And Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 Treatment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With clinical trial data, Subhajit Hazra outlines the role of Chloroquine &amp; Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 treatment as monotherapy and combination therapy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Role of Chloroquine And Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 Treatment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With clinical trial data, Subhajit Hazra outlines the role of Chloroquine &amp; Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 treatment as monotherapy and combination therapy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Kolabtree Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kolabtree\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-27T14:48:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-12T10:12:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid-19-4982913_1280.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ramya Sriram\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@kolabtree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@kolabtree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ramya Sriram\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Role of Chloroquine And Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 Treatment","description":"With clinical trial data, Subhajit Hazra outlines the role of Chloroquine & Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 treatment as monotherapy and combination therapy.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Role of Chloroquine And Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 Treatment","og_description":"With clinical trial data, Subhajit Hazra outlines the role of Chloroquine & Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 treatment as monotherapy and combination therapy.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/","og_site_name":"The Kolabtree Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kolabtree","article_published_time":"2020-04-27T14:48:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-12T10:12:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/covid-19-4982913_1280.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ramya Sriram","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@kolabtree","twitter_site":"@kolabtree","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ramya Sriram","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fr\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fr\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/"},"author":{"name":"Ramya Sriram","@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/81992f5863a1b06d132a47822e7b4400"},"headline":"The Role of Chloroquine And Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 Treatment","datePublished":"2020-04-27T14:48:32+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-12T10:12:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fr\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/"},"wordCount":682,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["COVID-19 resources"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fr\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fr\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fr\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/","name":"The Role of Chloroquine And Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 Treatment","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-04-27T14:48:32+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-12T10:12:10+00:00","description":"With clinical trial data, Subhajit Hazra outlines the role of Chloroquine & Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 treatment as monotherapy and combination therapy.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fr\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fr\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/fr\/the-role-of-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine-in-covid-19-treatment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Role of Chloroquine And Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19 Treatment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/","name":"The Kolabtree Blog","description":"Expert Views on Science, Innovation and Product Development","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Kolabtree","url":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Kolabtree"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kolabtree","https:\/\/twitter.com\/kolabtree","https:\/\/instagram.com\/kolabtree","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/kolabtree","https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kolabtree"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/81992f5863a1b06d132a47822e7b4400","name":"Ramya Sriram","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8100b45c960ebbbbe420e8b3f250515f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8100b45c960ebbbbe420e8b3f250515f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ramya Sriram"},"description":"Ramya Sriram manages digital content and communications at Kolabtree (kolabtree.com), the world's largest freelancing platform for scientists. She has over a decade of experience in publishing, advertising and digital content creation.","url":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/author\/ramyas\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7474"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7847,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7474\/revisions\/7847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kolabtree.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}