Vaccine Companies Investigated for Manslaughter

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French judges probe firms over vaccinations -source

PARIS, Jan 31 (Reuters) - French authorities have opened a formal investigation

into two managers from drugs groups GlaxoKline (GSK.L: Quote, Profile,

Research) and Sanofi Pasteur over a vaccination campaign in the 1990s, a

judicial source said late on Thursday.

Judge Marie-Odile Bertella-Geffroy also opened an investigation for manslaughter

against Sanofi Pasteur MSD, a joint venture between Sanofi Aventis (SASY.PA:

Quote, Profile, Research) and Merck (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the same

source said.

The investigations follow allegations that the companies failed to fully

disclose side effects from an anti-hepatitis B drug used in a vaccination

campaign between 1994 and 1998.

There was no immediate comment from the companies or the two managers involved.

From 1994 to 1998, almost two thirds of the French population and almost all

newborn babies were vaccinated against hepatitis B, but the campaign was

suspended after concerns arose about possible secondary effects from the

treatments.

Some 30 plaintiffs have launched a civil action in the case, including the

families of five people who died after vaccination. (Reporting by Thierry

Leveque; Writing by Mackenzie; Editing by Holmes)

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http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSL0173467120080201

French judges probe firms over vaccinations -source

PARIS, Jan 31 (Reuters) - French authorities have opened a formal investigation

into two managers from drugs groups GlaxoKline (GSK.L: Quote, Profile,

Research) and Sanofi Pasteur over a vaccination campaign in the 1990s, a

judicial source said late on Thursday.

Judge Marie-Odile Bertella-Geffroy also opened an investigation for manslaughter

against Sanofi Pasteur MSD, a joint venture between Sanofi Aventis (SASY.PA:

Quote, Profile, Research) and Merck (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the same

source said.

The investigations follow allegations that the companies failed to fully

disclose side effects from an anti-hepatitis B drug used in a vaccination

campaign between 1994 and 1998.

There was no immediate comment from the companies or the two managers involved.

From 1994 to 1998, almost two thirds of the French population and almost all

newborn babies were vaccinated against hepatitis B, but the campaign was

suspended after concerns arose about possible secondary effects from the

treatments.

Some 30 plaintiffs have launched a civil action in the case, including the

families of five people who died after vaccination. (Reporting by Thierry

Leveque; Writing by Mackenzie; Editing by Holmes)

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http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSL0173467120080201

French judges probe firms over vaccinations -source

PARIS, Jan 31 (Reuters) - French authorities have opened a formal investigation

into two managers from drugs groups GlaxoKline (GSK.L: Quote, Profile,

Research) and Sanofi Pasteur over a vaccination campaign in the 1990s, a

judicial source said late on Thursday.

Judge Marie-Odile Bertella-Geffroy also opened an investigation for manslaughter

against Sanofi Pasteur MSD, a joint venture between Sanofi Aventis (SASY.PA:

Quote, Profile, Research) and Merck (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the same

source said.

The investigations follow allegations that the companies failed to fully

disclose side effects from an anti-hepatitis B drug used in a vaccination

campaign between 1994 and 1998.

There was no immediate comment from the companies or the two managers involved.

From 1994 to 1998, almost two thirds of the French population and almost all

newborn babies were vaccinated against hepatitis B, but the campaign was

suspended after concerns arose about possible secondary effects from the

treatments.

Some 30 plaintiffs have launched a civil action in the case, including the

families of five people who died after vaccination. (Reporting by Thierry

Leveque; Writing by Mackenzie; Editing by Holmes)

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http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSL0173467120080201

French judges probe firms over vaccinations -source

PARIS, Jan 31 (Reuters) - French authorities have opened a formal investigation

into two managers from drugs groups GlaxoKline (GSK.L: Quote, Profile,

Research) and Sanofi Pasteur over a vaccination campaign in the 1990s, a

judicial source said late on Thursday.

Judge Marie-Odile Bertella-Geffroy also opened an investigation for manslaughter

against Sanofi Pasteur MSD, a joint venture between Sanofi Aventis (SASY.PA:

Quote, Profile, Research) and Merck (MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the same

source said.

The investigations follow allegations that the companies failed to fully

disclose side effects from an anti-hepatitis B drug used in a vaccination

campaign between 1994 and 1998.

There was no immediate comment from the companies or the two managers involved.

From 1994 to 1998, almost two thirds of the French population and almost all

newborn babies were vaccinated against hepatitis B, but the campaign was

suspended after concerns arose about possible secondary effects from the

treatments.

Some 30 plaintiffs have launched a civil action in the case, including the

families of five people who died after vaccination. (Reporting by Thierry

Leveque; Writing by Mackenzie; Editing by Holmes)