Film Screening and Discussion on the Médiator Case, featuring Irène Frachon
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The School of Pharmacy is hosting a film screening and discussion of Emmanuelle Bercot’s film *La Fille de Brest* on October 7 at 8:00 p.m. in Amphitheater A.
The discussion with Irène FRACHON, a pulmonologist and whistleblower in the Médiator scandal, will be moderated by Cécile LE GAL FONTES, a professor at the University of Montpellier.
Free admission
Mediator, which was introduced in 1976 for the treatment of diabetes but was widely misused as an appetite suppressant, was prescribed extensively in France and around the world. Withdrawn from the market in 2009 after pulmonologist Irène FRACHON established a link between the drug and heart damage and pulmonary arterial hypertension, a lengthy legal battle ensued, with the appellate court’s verdict handed down a few months ago.
Irène FRACHON’s journey as a whistleblower and key figure in this long-running legal battle is the subject of a feature film that traces the ins and outs of this extraordinary health and legal saga.
Credit: Haut et Court
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