PARIS - French prosecutors have indicted pharma giant Sanofi for manslaughter over birth defects linked to an epilepsy drug, the company said on Monday , in a long-running case that has also seen it charged with fraud.
Sanofi is facing separate charges of aggravated fraud and unintentionally causing injury in 42 cases filed by families, but insists it had warned health authorities of the drug's risks already in the 1980s. But in a statement sent to AFP it insisted it had"fulfilled its obligation" of providing information on the drug and its side effects, and said it"contests the validity of these proceedings". Sanofi said it has filed a legal challenge to the indictment.
Last month, a French court ordered the state to pay thousands of euros in damages over the scandal, saying officials should have ensured the drug was not taken by pregnant women.
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