French agency head answers questions on Mediator "manslaughter"
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Dominique Maraninchi, director general of the French medicines agency ANSM, has appeared before judges to answer questions relating to the agency's role in the Mediator affair, the agency has confirmed. The judges are investigating whether negligence on the part of the agency contributed to "manslaughter and involuntary injury" caused by the Servier drug between 1995 and 2009.
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