ConDem Coalition Gov Supports Pharma As Legal Aid Pulled From Sanofi Aventis Birth Defects Drug Class Action
Dozens of families who blame an epilepsy drug for causing birth defects in their children say they are devastated that legal aid to sue its maker has been withdrawn. Women who took sodium valproate in the 1990s claim they were not given adequate warnings of possible harm. The Legal Services Commission, which runs legal aid, has concluded the case is not sufficiently likely to succeed. About 80 families have begun action for damages against the firm, claiming the drug – also known as epilim – caused severe disabilities in children including spina bifida, heart damage and learning difficulties. BBC health correspondent Adam Brimelow said the refusal of legal aid meant this action, which had been seven years in the planning, now appeared close to falling apart just days before it was due to go to the High Court. Karen Buck and John Coyle, whose daughter Bridget is severely disabled, said they were devastated legal aid had been pulled just before the case was due to be heard. Mr Coyle, from Stanmore in north-west London, told the BBC: “As a family we feel devastated because the case has gone on for over six years and the legal aid have funded it all the way along. Everybody has the belief that it [the case] has a better chance of winning than not, and just everybody is devastated that the finances have been pulled.” Bridget’s mother took an increased dose of epilim during her pregnancy in 1997/8, but said she was not made aware of any potential risks to her child. Her daughter has spina bifida, is unable to walk or talk, has epilepsy herself, and requires 24-hour care.
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