Paris (AFP)

The prosecution Tuesday evening fined a total of 8.2 million euros against the Servier group and a sentence of three years in prison against his former number 2, tried in Paris in the case of the Mediator health scandal.

Against the Medicines Safety Agency, prosecuted for having delayed suspending the marketing of the Mediator despite repeated alerts about its dangerousness, the prosecution asked for a penalty of 200,000 euros in fines.

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