The government finally made its decision, knowing the revelations of Le Canard Enchaîné.
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The government confirms granting 800,000 euros in subsidies to Servier laboratories, learned Friday March 25 from franceinfo. The Ministry of the Economy has re-examined its subsidy file. The pharmaceutical group will receive a subsidy from the State to help it manufacture more molecules “of major therapeutic interest”. And this so that France regains its pharmaceutical sovereignty and is self-sufficient in the event of a health crisis.
However, some of the drugs produced in the factory concerned, that of Gidy (Loiret) are deemed useless or even dangerous by the health authorities, as revealed this week by Le Canard Enchaîné. One of the drugs manufactured on the site, Triplixam, a diuretic, is not reimbursed by Social Security, because the High Authority for Health (HAS) deemed it unnecessary. Same thing for Vastarel, against vertigo and tinnitus.
“So there, it’s the ponpon”launches doctor Irène Frachon who revealed the health scandal of the Mediator. “The Haute Autorité de Santé delisted this drug in 2011, judging that it had never been proven to be ineffective and that, on the other hand, we were certain that it was dangerous.” So, for Irène Frachon, considering that Servier is going to manufacture “molecules of major therapeutic interest, it’s a lie, this story is mind-blowing”.
Not to mention that this Loiret factory which was to benefit from this subsidy is in the midst of social unrest. Servier plans to transfer 70 of its employees more than a hundred kilometers away. Servier is sentenced for “aggravated deception” and “involuntary homicides and injuries” in the Mediator health scandal. Conviction which Servier Laboratories appealed.