More than twenty complaints will soon be filed against Gardasil. Maître Jean-Christophe Coubris calls for more transparency.
25 new complaints against Gardasil. Young women suffering from autoimmune diseases after their vaccination implicate this specialty, used in the prevention of cervical cancer. According to Me Jean-Christophe Coubris, lawyer for the first plaintiff, Marie-Océane, these complaints should be filed at the end of April at the Paris tribunal de grande instance.
More multiple sclerosis
“Out of these 25 complaints, we have different pathologies”, confirms Me Coubris, contacted by why actor. “Multiple sclerosis, which unfortunately is found in greater numbers, lupus and various autoimmune diseases” such as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis or macrophage myofasciitis. Sanofi Pasteur MSD (Merck), which markets the vaccine, and the Medicines Safety Agency (ANSM), which authorized it, are therefore being prosecuted for “unintentional injuries, violation of a manifest safety obligation and disregard of the principles precaution and prevention. “
The 25 patients who filed a complaint developed symptoms soon after vaccination. “There was no previous condition, and for all these victims, the clinical signs of autoimmune diseases manifested themselves from the first injection,” said the lawyer, who had access to the medical records of the patients.
It is a long-term fight that he has been waging since November 2013, when Marie-Océane Bourguignon filed the first complaint against Gardasil. An expert report then affirmed that “the medico-legal imputability between the vaccine process and the development of an acute demyelinating infection, then of multiple sclerosis, has been established. “
Are clinical trials involved?
The ANSM’s position on Gardasil has since hardened. The vaccine is subject to “reinforced national pharmacovigilance monitoring” and a risk management plan. In an information point dating from the end of November 2013, the Agency maintains a favorable benefit / risk ratio in view of the number of adverse effects reported: less than one case per 10,000 doses distributed, including 3% of multiple sclerosis. Its file nevertheless indicates a “potential risk of autoimmune diseases”. But “the whole re-evaluation system needs to be reviewed,” according to Me Coubris, who points out the flaws in clinical trials. “I just ask that there be a little more truth, transparency on the conditions of manufacture of this vaccine, studies on this vaccine and to draw the consequences from it. “
Me Jean-Christophe Coubris, lawyer in Bordeaux: ” I have a document which highlights the use of aluminum in the placebo, aluminum responsible for the side effects. “
Contacted this Monday by why actor, the president of the Technical Committee for Vaccinations (CTV) Daniel Floret tempered the suspicions against Gardasil. He believes that the coincidence of vaccination with puberty, the age at which autoimmune diseases appear, explains these cases.
Dr Daniel Floret, Chairman of the Technical Committee for Vaccinations: “ If we vaccinated 100,000 young girls, we would not have the mere chance a case of hospitalization for multiple sclerosis. “
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