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French drug trial scandal: 'dogs died in pre-clinical test'
Source: The Guardian
French drug trial scandal: 'dogs died in pre-clinical test'
Laboratory involved in drug trial that left one person dead and others seriously
injured says industrial secrecy prevents publication of earlier testing
Kim Willsher
Thursday 25 February 2016 11.36 GMT
A drug that left one person dead and four others with suspected brain damage in a controlled trial had killed several dogs in a previous test, it has been claimed.
However, the laboratory involved and France’s drug safety agency say details of earlier testing of the molecule cannot be published because of industrial secrecy.
Le Figaro said it had information suggesting a pre-clinical trial of the drug had left “a number” of dogs dead and others with neurological damage.
When news of the incident was revealed, Marisol Touraine, the French health minister, said 108 people had taken part in the trial for Portuguese pharmaceutical company Bial at a French clinic in January. Ninety of them were given varying doses of the drug while the rest took a placebo.
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Laboratory involved in drug trial that left one person dead and others seriously
injured says industrial secrecy prevents publication of earlier testing
Kim Willsher
Thursday 25 February 2016 11.36 GMT
A drug that left one person dead and four others with suspected brain damage in a controlled trial had killed several dogs in a previous test, it has been claimed.
However, the laboratory involved and France’s drug safety agency say details of earlier testing of the molecule cannot be published because of industrial secrecy.
Le Figaro said it had information suggesting a pre-clinical trial of the drug had left “a number” of dogs dead and others with neurological damage.
When news of the incident was revealed, Marisol Touraine, the French health minister, said 108 people had taken part in the trial for Portuguese pharmaceutical company Bial at a French clinic in January. Ninety of them were given varying doses of the drug while the rest took a placebo.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/feb/25/french-drug-trial-scandal-dogs-died-in-pre-clinical-test