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French drug trial: one person brain dead and five critically ill | |
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Six people are seriously ill after taking part in a medical trial for a drug at an unnamed European laboratory in France. | |
The French health ministry did not say what the medicine was intended to be used for, and that the six patients, one of whom was brain dead, had been in good health until taking the oral medication. | |
French media reported that the trial was for a cannabis-based painkiller. | |
“This test was carried out at a private establishment specialised in carrying out clinical trials,” the ministry said. | “This test was carried out at a private establishment specialised in carrying out clinical trials,” the ministry said. |
All trials on the drug at the clinic in Rennes, Brittany, have been suspended. The French state prosecutor has opened an inquiry. | |
The health minister, Marisol Touraine, is travelling to Rennes where she will give a press conference this afternoon. | |
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