Medical experts 'complicit' over epilepsy drug which caused deformities Medical experts were “complicit” in allowing thousands of children to suffer deformity after resisting warnings on epilepsy drugs, campaigners have said.
A hearing in London yesterday heard that regulators knew in 1973 that taking the anti-epilepsy drug in pregnancy could cause babies to be born with disabilities, but waited 40 years before alerting the public to the risks.
Estimates suggest that around 20,000 babies in the UK suffered harm as a result of sodium valproate which can also cause brain damage and problems such as autism.
Sanofi, which manufactures the drug, has said it has always been transparent with regulators about the risks of the medicine. The Daily Telegraph
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A hearing in London yesterday heard that regulators knew in 1973 that taking the anti-epilepsy drug in pregnancy could cause babies to be born with disabilities, but waited 40 years before alerting the public to the risks.
Estimates suggest that around 20,000 babies in the UK suffered harm as a result of sodium valproate which can also cause brain damage and problems such as autism.
Sanofi, which manufactures the drug, has said it has always been transparent with regulators about the risks of the medicine. The Daily Telegraph
See also:
- We've had no help - epilepsy drug victims BBC News
- Epilepsy drug risk hidden for 40 years harming thousands The Daily Mail
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