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Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2021

    Paris court finds Servier guilty over Mediator and imposes fine

    Ruling

    A Paris court found Servier guilty of manslaughter and deception over the weight-loss drug Mediator and fined the company 2.7 million euros.

    Company response

    • Clarification — Servier

      Servier said in an emailed statement it was analyzing the decision and would decide upon what further action to take in the coming days.

    Source excerpt

    • France’s health ministry has said that at least 500 people died of heart valve problems in France because of exposure to the active ingredient in Mediator, a drug which was withdrawn from sale in 2009.
    • PARIS — A Paris court on Monday found French drugmaker Servier guilty of manslaughter and deception over weight-loss pill Mediator, and fined the company 2.7 million euros ($3.18 million), according to a copy of the ruling seen by Reuters.
    • Servier said in an emailed statement it was analyzing the decision and would decide upon what further action to take in the coming days.
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  2. 2009

    Mediator drug-safety scandal

    Mediator, a benfluorex medicine marketed by Servier, was withdrawn in France after concerns about serious cardiac-valve and pulmonary-hypertension risks. The affair led to regulatory investigations, compensation proceedings and criminal litigation. In 2021 a Paris court convicted Servier of aggravated deception and involuntary manslaughter in the principal criminal case.

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