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| One in coma after French clinical trial | |
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| Six people are in a critical condition - including one in a coma - after clinical trial of new drug in France, the country's health minister says. | Six people are in a critical condition - including one in a coma - after clinical trial of new drug in France, the country's health minister says. |
| Marisol Touraine said there had been a "very serious accident" during a trial by a private laboratory in Rennes. | Marisol Touraine said there had been a "very serious accident" during a trial by a private laboratory in Rennes. |
| The minister said she would be making an emergency visit to the city, in the north-west of France, on Friday. | The minister said she would be making an emergency visit to the city, in the north-west of France, on Friday. |
| The trial has been suspended and the firm is recalling the volunteers. It is unclear how many people are involved. | |
| Participants had taken "a drug taken orally being developed by a European laboratory" that was licensed to operate, the ministry said in a statement (in French). | |
| Unconfirmed French media reports said it was a cannabis-based painkiller. | |
| The first people to fall ill were taken into hospital earlier this week, French media said. An investigation is under way. | |
| Ms Touraine expressed her "deep determination to get to the bottom... of this tragic accident" and find who was responsible. |