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French Pharma Firm Ordered to Pay Millions Over Deadly Diabetes Drug

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French appeals court orders pharmaceutical firm Servier to pay $460 million in damages. Mediator was a drug destined for overweight people with diabetes. It was also widely prescribed to others as an appetite-suppressant. The drug may have caused up to 1,800 deaths in France.

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French drugmaker Servier ordered to pay $471m over Mediator scandal

France's Servier laboratories group, which marketed Mediator – a drug used as an appetite suppressant and accused of causing serious cardiovascular damage – has been fined more than €7 million on appeal and ordered to repay more than €415 million to social security bodies and insurance companies.

1 year ago·Paris, France

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French drugmaker Servier ordered to pay $471 million for Mediator scandal

PARIS (Reuters) - Drugmaker Servier must pay more than 430 million euros ($471 million) in connection with weight-loss pill Mediator, a French court ruled on Wednesday, saying the company was guilty

1 year ago·New Delhi, India

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Pharma firm Servier ordered to pay millions over deadly Mediator drug

A French court ordered Servier to pay more than €415 million in damages over a scandal involving a diabetes drug linked to hundreds of deaths.

1 year ago·Paris, France

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French pharma firm ordered to pay millions over deadly diabetes drug

A French appeals court on Wednesday ordered pharmaceutical firm Servier to pay more than $460 million in damages over a scandal involving a diabetes drug linked to hundreds of deaths.

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