Contaminated blood scandal in France
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In April 1991, the doctor and journalist
Background
On January 8, 1985, multi-national health care company Abbott Laboratories sought authorisation to sell equipment needed for blood testing. Response to the demand was delayed as the government was waiting for a rival French test to be released.[1] So they continued to use the old unheated product in 1985, while the heated stock was available.[5] In 1992, Anne-Marie Casteret published a book Blood scandal (L'affaire du sang)[6] which refuted the argument that nobody was aware in 1985 that the heating of blood made the virus inactive. The book included evidence that as early as 1983, researchers had put forth this assumption.[7][8]
Lawsuits
In 1999, the former socialist Prime Minister
Dr M. Garretta, the director of National Blood Center (central national de transfusion sanguine), however, was sentenced a four year prison; and became known as the symbol of Blood Scandal among the French.[4]
Precautionary measures
After the blood scandal, neither scientists, nor governors were fully trusted.[11] Measures have been taken in order to bring back public trust, such as forcing regulators to replace a Consensus model of making decisions with a new model named deliberately-transparent one, in Europe. This new model includes new ingredients: to encourage a greater public participation in policy-making decisions. It requires regulators to be more transparent, and also to take more precautionary measures in European countries,[12] even in unlikely hazards like the risk of mobile radiations.[13]
See also
- Contaminated haemophilia blood products, which discusses the scandal on a more-global scale
- Contaminated blood scandal in the United Kingdom
- Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
- ^ Zamora, Jim Herron (2003-06-03). "Bad blood between hemophiliacs, Bayer: Patients sue over tainted transfusions spreading HIV, hep C". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
- ^ Meier, Barry (1996-06-11). "Blood, Money and AIDS: Hemophiliacs Are Split; Liability Cases Bogged Down in Disputes". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
- ^ ISBN 9287123764.
- ^ "Aids scandals around the world". BBC News. 2001-08-09. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
- ISBN 2707121150.
- ISBN 2-7071-2115-0.
- ISBN 2-7384-3085-6.
- ^ Mike Ingram (March 12, 1999). "Court acquits former prime minister". Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- ^ "Blood scandal ministers walk free". BBC News. March 9, 1999. Retrieved 2007-02-18.
- PMID 10445933.
- S2CID 168387536.
- S2CID 170837800.