French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi charged in birth defects case

It is accused of failing to warn about side effects of its anti-epilepsy drug. FMTNews Sanofi

PARIS: Pharmaceutical firm Sanofi has been charged in France with failure to adequately warn patients and causing injury over an anti-epilepsy drug linked to birth defects following a three-year probe.

Under the French legal system, the charges do not automatically mean the case will reach a courtroom as prosecutors could decide not to move to trial. Two French government agencies had earlier concluded that Sanofi had not sufficiently warned about known risks to having pregnant women take the drug. Sanofi in its statement welcomed the advancement of the case as “it will be the occasion to demonstrate that it respected its obligation to inform” patients and was transparent about the drug.

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