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Servier Founder Ensnared in Mediator Scandal; Charged in Deaths and Granted 4 Million Euro Bail

September 22, 2011 | 
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The head and founder of France's Servier laboratories was placed under investigation on Wednesday in a probe of the drug Mediator, which officials say has caused at least 500 deaths in France, and has sparked a public furore over drug regulation.
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