Mediator scandal: influence in the audience

Claude Griscelli and his lawyer at the opening of the Mediator trial at the Paris court in September 2019 (Photo Luc Nobout. IP3)

by Eric Favereau

published on September 15, 2020 at 6:21 p.m.

In the Mediator file, there is of course the central aspect of "industrial crime" , as Dr Irène Frachon called it at the origin of her revelation, but there are also other aspects, in particular that around the intensive lobbying that Servier was doing to impose its anorectic drugs, fighting against obesity. At the Paris Criminal Court, this week, it is a small extension of the great trial (which formally ended at the beginning of July, deliberation expected at the end of March) which is being played out, with a judgment on the “influence peddling” aspect. folder.

And since Monday, we are witnessing a marvel of human comedy. Because this story is a jewel, a textbook case, with all that is necessary of small arrangements between powerful. There is a great doctor there, a renowned ex-senator and, of course, a senior official in the pharmaceutical industry. All three are accused of having j ...