french drug trial leaves one brain dead and three facing permanent damage /

Published at 2016-01-15 21:13:55

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Government promises to investigate ‘unprecedented’ accident as six volunteers remain in hospital after trial for pharmaceutical company BialOne man is brain dead and three others could face irreversible neurological damage after they volunteered to take fragment in a drugs trial in western France. Six volunteers remain in hospital in Rennes,Brittany, after taking fragment in the Phase 1 trial for a unique experimental medication designed to treat mood disorders such as anxiety, or which was under development by the Portuguese pharmaceutical company Bial.
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Source: theguardian.com