Botched Drug Trial

French authorities launched three investigations on Saturday at a research laboratory in Rennes after a drug trial conducted there left one person brain-dead and three others facing potentially irreversible brain damage.

One person has been left brain-dead and five others hospitalised after a "serious accident" during a drugs trial in France, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said today.

French authorities launched three investigations on Saturday at a research laboratory in Rennes after a drug trial conducted there left one person brain-dead and three others facing potentially irreversible brain damage.

One person has been left brain-dead and five others hospitalised after a "serious accident" during a drugs trial in France, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said today.