Mediator Scandal Provokes Flurry of French Health Reforms But Impact Is Hard To Gauge Until The Dust Settles
Executive Summary
France is facing various reforms to its health care system as a direct result of the scandal involving Servier’s diabetes drug Mediator (benfluorex), which may have caused up to 500 deaths.
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