TESTIMONY
After several months of hearing, interrupted because of an epidemic of coronavirus, the trial of the Mediator is coming to an end. The indictment began Tuesday morning and must have continued until Wednesday. The Servier laboratory is being prosecuted for "aggravated deception", "manslaughter and manslaughter" and "swindle" concerning its appetite suppressant drug Mediator, prescribed for 33 years and which has claimed thousands of lives. Among her, the mother of Soraya Bento, who took this medicine for more than ten years and who died in October 2019, just over a month after the start of the trial.
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"We are not guinea pigs"
"She was very involved, she wanted to go to the hearing in a wheelchair. But her condition deteriorated, her organs were destroyed. The Picks confiscated our mom from us," said Soraya Bento at the microphone of Europe 1. "Now I have even more will and strength to be able to continue fighting on behalf of my mother. She was the one who told us 'I count on you children, fight until the end'. She gave us this mission. The Servier laboratory must take responsibility for their mistakes, they must be aware of everything they have done. We are not guinea pigs, "she continues.
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The defense will then have the floor from June 29 and the judgment will be deliberated and rendered in 2021.