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Irene Frachon, Whistleblower

Publication date 16/11/2010 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

Interview with Irène FRACHON, author of the book "médiator 150 mg: combien de morts", by Elise LUCET. The pneumologist involved the laboratory Servier, producer of the Mediator, which, in her opinion, was aware of the harmful effects of this drug. It also denounces the lack of responsiveness of health authorities.

The Servier Group Methods

Publication date 06/01/2011 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

Portrait of Jacques Servier and the strategy put in place in his pharmaceutical laboratory to cultivate his relations with the medical world. Interviews: Bruno TOUSSAINT from the magazine "Prescrire", about the Servier group which continues to assert that the "Mediator" is a treatment for diabetes and not an appetite suppressant. Vincent RENARD, President of the National College of General Practitioners (CNGE), declaring that "Mediator" is recognized by experts as a bad drug. Philippe EVEN, author of "Biomedical Research in Danger", on the close relationship between the Servier group and medical students.

Mediator Victims Compensation Fund

Publication date 06/04/2011 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

The Minister of Health, Xavier BERTRAND announced the creation of a compensation fund for the victims of the Mediator. Meeting with Dr. Dominique-Michel COURTOIS, President of AAVAC, Association d'aide aux victimes d'erreurs, who explained the benefits of setting up such a compensation fund. An interview with Charles JOSEPH-OUDIN, a lawyer for a Mediator victim, who explains why his client will not use this fund.

URCAM Survey: Abuse of Mediator

Publication date 02/07/1998 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

URCAM (Union régionale des caisses d'assurance maladie) conducted a survey which revealed the misuse of certain drugs. In Burgundy, the mediator, amphetamine prescribed to diabetics to lose weight, is also prescribed for half to people who are not sick but want to thin. URCAM believes that in this case the drug should no longer be reimbursed by social security. Interview with Vincent RAVOUX, director of URCAM, on the usefulness of external control over medical prescriptions.

Attack on laboratories Serve against editions Dialogues

Publication date 31/05/2010 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

At the announcement of the forthcoming release of the book "médiator 150 mg: combien de morts", an investigation conducted by Irène FRACHON, a pneumologist at the University of Brest, the Dialogues editions located in Brest are assigned as referrals by the laboratory SERVIER. The latter demanded the destruction of the cover of the book, believing that it could cause him commercial damage. In November 2009, the mediator (prescribed against diabetes and as an appetite suppressant) was withdrawn from the market, after the team of the Brest CHU demonstrated that this drug could cause gave side effects, even death in some patients. Interview with the publisher of the book, Charles KERMAREC.

Mediator Trial: the responsibility of Serving tried for the first time before civil justice

Publication date 10/09/2015 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

The trial against the Servier laboratory on the Mediator scandal opens before the civil courts. Meeting with Michel DUE, 72 years old, one of the two victims, who wears a heart prosthesis after taking Mediator for six years. The man is filmed in the restaurant with his lawyer, Charles JOSEPH-OUDIN. Interview of the latter, who claims 845,000 euros in compensation for his client. Images of Michel DUE arriving at the court in Nanterre. Interviews with Maher NEMER, lawyer of the CPAM of Seine-et-Marne, civil party, Nathalie CARRERE, lawyer of the SERVIER Laboratories, Irène FRACHON, pneumologist and whistleblower.

The mediator, a dangerous drug

Publication date 16/11/2010 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

Mediator, an overweight diabetic drug from Servier Laboratories, banned since November 2009, has reportedly caused the death of some 500 people, according to the Health Products Agency (Afssaps). The drug would cause serious cardiac complications, with involvement of heart valves. Interviews with Frédéric BOUSSINOT, about the brutal death of his wife in 2004 due to Mediator, and with Muriel ROUSSET, who explains that she almost died and that she lost her job because of the side effects of this drug. She used the Mediator twice for a diet. But in 2006, she had to undergo a heavy open-heart operation for artificial valves as a matter of urgency. "That was sending us to the slaughterhouse." In a press release released late in the morning, Servier Laboratories estimated that "the mere finding of a valve disease in a diabetic does not make it possible to attribute it to a drug treatment".

The Servier Laboratory Assigned to Justice

Publication date 17/01/2011 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

Testimony of a victim of the drug "Mediator" who suffers serious cardiac sequelae and who decided to file a complaint against the laboratory Servier. Jacques Servier is being summoned to the Nanterre Correctional Court. Another 160 complaints have been filed by a Bordeaux association. The laboratory is also covered by the association of consumer protection "UFC Que choisir?" and Social Security. Alternation of a commentary on archival and factual images, with the testimony of a victim of the Mediator Muriel ROUSSET who tells his story and asks compensation for his prejudice, and the interview with victim’s lawyer Charles JOSEPH-OUDIN concerning the lies of the Servier laboratory regarding the chemical composition of the drug.

New report involving the mediator

Publication date 12/04/2013 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

A forensic report indicates that the drug mediator will still cause many victims in the short and long term because of the valvulopathies it triggers. The drug was withdrawn too late from sale to extend the benefits of the laboratory. Commentary on images of illustration and infographic interspersed with interviews of doctor Irène FRACHON, pneumologist and of Maître Charles JOSEPH-OUDIN, lawyer of victims of the mediator.

Controversy over belated ban of mediator for sale

Publication date 16/11/2010 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

Review of the first alerts concerning the Mediator, whose late withdrawal from the French market is denounced. Withdrawn from sales in the United States in 1997, it is prohibited in France only from 2009. Since the laboratory that manufactures the mediator is French, the health authorities are suspected of having delayed reacting. Interview with Gérard BAPT, PS member for Haute-Garonne, questioning the late decision, as for Distilbène, to withdraw the drug from the market; by Charles JOSEPH-OUDIN, lawyer for the victims, who denounces this public health scandal, and Jean MARIMBERT, Director General of the AFSSAPS, denouncing the lack of opportunities at the time to do the necessary studies.

Mediator case

Publication date 06/08/2011 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

Report on the follow-up to the investigation into the Mediator scandal, which reveals that Servier laboratory is suspected of defrauding Health Insurance. A comment on illustration images alternates with the interviews of the pneumologist Irène FRACHON author of the book "Mediator 150 mg: how many deaths?" , and MP Gérard BAPT on compensation for victims.

Mediator case: the compensation

Publication date 22/10/2015 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

The Nanterre court recognized for the first time that Servier laboratories could not ignore the risks inherent in the treatment by the Mediator. The courts recognize the manufacturer’s civil liability. The victims denounce a paltry compensation for their disability. A comment on factual images alternates with interviews with Michel DUE, victim of the Mediator, Maître Martine VERDIER, victim’s lawyer, Maître Nathalie CARRERE, lawyer of the Servier laboratories and Irène FRACHON, pneumologist and whistle-blower.

Mediator case: responsible for 1,000 to 2,000 deaths according to a study

Publication date 18/12/2010 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

According to an article in Le Figaro, between 1,000 and 2,000 people were victims of the Mediator. The newspaper also reveals a letter dated 21 September 1998, signed by three renowned doctors, warning CPAM about the dangers of the Mediator. Following this, the Minister of Health, Xavier Bertrand, convened today the researchers who worked on the deaths related to Mediator. Interviews with Maître Charles JOSEPH-OUDIN, lawyer for victims of the Mediator and Catherine HILL, epidemiologist at the Gustave Roussy Institute.

Mediator: a review of the history of the drug

Publication date 14/01/2011 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

A look back at the history of Mediator, first marketed in 1976 by Servier Pharmaceutical Laboratory. Antidiabetic, it was very quickly diverted from this original prescription and used as a hunger cup. It was banned in 1997 in the United States and France only in 2009, after the publication of Irene Frachon’s book "Mediator 150 mg, how many deaths", which denounced the scandal. In France, the Mediator would be responsible for 500 to 2000 deaths. The report of the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs will be made public tomorrow. Commentary on factual images in altenrance with the interviews of Gérard BAPT, PS deputy of Haute Garonne, president of the mission of information on the Mediator, of Doctor Jean Luc AUDHOUI, Fédération des syndicats pharmaceutiques de France, and Irene FRACHON, pneumologist in Brest.

A damning report by the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs on the mediator

Publication date 15/01/2011 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

The damning report of the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS) concerning the Mediator was released today. It has serious implications for the Servier laboratory and the French health care system. Health Minister Xavier BERTRAND announced several measures, including the establishment of a fund to compensate victims. Commentary on infographic cartons and factual images, excerpts from speeches by Dr Aquilino MORELLE and the Minister of Health Xavier BERTRAND, in the gallery of the press conference of the Inspector General of Social Affairs (IGAS) and interviews with the pneumologist (Brest Hospital) Dr Irène FRACHON and the lawyer of the Laboratories Servier Maître Hervé TEMIME.

Opening of Public Compensation Fund for Mediator Victims

Publication date 01/09/2011 From €100.00

Mediator scandal

Announcement of the opening of the public fund for compensation of Mediator victims. Presentation of this fund created by the State which allows to obtain a financial compensation faster than before a court, then the steps to be followed in order to file a file with the National Office for Compensation of Medical Accidents. Illustration with the case of Jean Charles THEILLAC, victim of this drug. Commentary on factual, illustrative and archival images, interspersed by interviews with Dominique MARTIN, Director of ONIAM, Jean Charles THEILLAC, Dr Dominique Michel COURTOIS, the Mediator and Isomeride Victims Association.

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