French Police Search Drug Regulator's Premises Over Phase I FAAH Study
Executive Summary
French regulator ANSM is under scrutiny following a visit by police investigating the tragic Phase I FAAH inhibitor study, and confirms that it carried out an "internal investigation" whose results have been passed to police and the social affairs inspectorate.
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