New Head Of French Regulator Prioritizes Patient Safety
Executive Summary
Christelle Ratignier-Carbonneil played a key part in strengthening the rules on drug safety following the Mediator weight loss drug scandal.
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In a move that symbolises France's determination to put the Mediator scandal behind it and move on, the government has formally established a new regulatory body agency, the ANSM, or National Agency for Medicines and Health Products. The body had been announced in outline by health minister Xavier Bertrand in June 2011 (scripintelligence.com, 27 June 2011) and its official inauguration on 1 May has followed months of detailed discussion.