Mediator trial: French pharma giant faces verdict on weight loss drug deaths
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A French court will on Monday rule whether pharma giant Servier deliberately ignored warnings over a diabetes and weight loss pill blamed for hundreds of deaths, in one of France's worst health scandals.
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Mediator trial begins in France, investigating weight loss drug
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48th Annual Meeting of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische
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French pharma giant found guilty over deadly diet pill – DW – 03
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Servier guilty of manslaughter over deadly weight loss pill
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French drugmaker, watchdog on trial over weight loss pill deaths
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Mediator trial begins in France, investigating weight loss drug
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Landmark French trial over slimming drug Mediator back in court
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French pharma giant faces verdict on weight loss pill deaths
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Landmark French trial over slimming drug Mediator back in court
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Trial over weight-loss pill behind 'up to 2,000 deaths' opens in