Paris : Botched French drug trial leaves 1 brain dead, 5 in hospital
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PARIS - One man is brain dead and three others are facing possible permanent brain damage after volunteering to take part in a drug test that went awry, France, French authorities said.
The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into what French Health Minister Marisol Touraine called "an accident of exceptional gravity" at the private Biotrial clinical lab in the western city of Rennes.
The drug trial, which was testing a new painkiller compound, involved 90 healthy volunteers who were given the experimental drug in varying doses at different times, she told reporters Friday at a news conference in Rennes.
Six male volunteers between 28 and 49 years old have since been hospitalized, including one man now classified as brain dead, Touraine said, adding that all the other 83 volunteers are being contacted.
The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into what French Health Minister Marisol Touraine called "an accident of exceptional gravity" at the private Biotrial clinical lab in the western city of Rennes.
The drug trial, which was testing a new painkiller compound, involved 90 healthy volunteers who were given the experimental drug in varying doses at different times, she told reporters Friday at a news conference in Rennes.
Six male volunteers between 28 and 49 years old have since been hospitalized, including one man now classified as brain dead, Touraine said, adding that all the other 83 volunteers are being contacted.
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