French drug trial leaves one brain dead and three facing permanent damage
by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris from on (#10TDR)
Government promises to investigate 'unprecedented' accident as six volunteers remain in hospital after trial for pharmaceutical company Bial
One man is brain dead and three others could face irreversible neurological damage after they volunteered to take part in a drugs trial in western France.
Six volunteers remain in hospital in Rennes, Brittany, after taking part in the Phase 1 trial for a new experimental medication designed to treat mood disorders such as anxiety, which was under development by the Portuguese pharmaceutical company Bial.
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