
Servier begins manslaughter trial over weight loss drug
French pharma Servier begins trial today, as the company stands accused of manslaughter and deceit over a diabetes weight loss drug linked to as many as 2,000 deaths.
The drug, Mediator (benfluorex), was pulled out of French pharmacies in 2009 after 33 years on the market. A year later, the French medicine safety agency announced the drug was suspected of causing multiple deaths, sparking outrage, a criminal investigation and a series of reforms to the country’s system of regulating the pharmaceutical industry.
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