French drug trial leaves one brain dead and five critically ill
by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris from on (#10RS0)
Ninety people took some dosage of experimental drug being tested for Portuguese pharmaceutical company Bial
One person is brain dead and five others are seriously ill after taking part in a drug trial for Portuguese pharmaceutical firm Bial at a clinic in north-west France.
The French health ministry said the six male patients aged 28 to 49 had been in good health until taking the oral medication. They started taking the drug on 7 January. One person started feeling ill on Sunday and the other five afterwards. The brain dead volunteer was admitted to hospital in Rennes on Monday. Other patients went in on Wednesday and Thursday.
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