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One in coma after clinical trial in France | |
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A clinical trial of a new drug in France has left one person brain-dead and another five people in hospital, the health minister says. | |
The oral trial was being conducted by a private laboratory in the north-western city of Rennes, Marisol Touraine said. | |
The trial has been suspended and the firm is recalling the volunteers. It is unclear how many people are involved. | The trial has been suspended and the firm is recalling the volunteers. It is unclear how many people are involved. |
Media reports that the drug is a cannabis-based painkiller have been denied by the health ministry. | |
The Paris prosecutor's office said an investigation had been opened. | |
The drug was taken in a licensed laboratory, the ministry said in a statement (in French). | |
Ms Touraine, who was heading for Rennes on Friday, pledged to "get to the bottom... of this tragic accident". | |
The first people to fall ill were taken into hospital earlier this week, French media say. | |
The study was a Phase I clinical trial, in which healthy volunteers take the medication to evaluate the safety of its use, the ministry said. | |
Clinical trials | |
Trials typically have three phases to assess a new medicine for safety and effectiveness |