{"id":181939,"date":"2016-01-15T13:47:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T13:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=181939"},"modified":"2016-01-15T13:47:13","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T13:47:13","slug":"one-in-coma-after-french-clinical-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/one-in-coma-after-french-clinical-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"One in coma after French clinical trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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.<\/p>\n
Marisol Touraine said there had been a “very serious accident” during a trial by a private laboratory in Rennes.<\/p>\n
The minister said she would be making an emergency visit to the city, in the north-west of France, on Friday.<\/p>\n
The trial has been suspended and the firm is recalling the volunteers. It is unclear how many people are involved.<\/p>\n
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).<\/p>\n
Unconfirmed French media reports said it was a cannabis-based painkiller.<\/p>\n
The first people to fall ill were taken into hospital earlier this week, French media said. An investigation is under way.<\/p>\n
Ms Touraine expressed her “deep determination to get to the bottom… of this tragic accident” and find who was responsible.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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. The minister said she would be making an emergency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n