At the appeal trial of the Mediator, the prosecution demanded Wednesday that Servier be sentenced to pay nearly 200 million euros. This sentence, unprecedented in terms of deception, is justified by "the seriousness of the facts", argued one of the advocates general.

Both have been retried since January for "aggravated deception", "manslaughter and unintentional injury", "improper obtaining of marketing authorisation" and "fraud" The defense will argue from Monday. The court's decision is expected on December 20.