GlaxoSmithKline pushed back repeatedly against demands to pay reparations for clinical trials on mother-and-baby home children after Minister Roderic O’Gorman urged the drug company to accept corporate responsibility for the way tests were carried out.
The revelations about vaccine and infant milk formula trials decades ago on some 1,148 children without the consent of parents or guardians ranked among disturbing aspects of the January 2021 mother-and-baby homes report.
Although GSK made clear its refusal to pay reparations from the outset, newly-released files show Mr O’Gorman failed to extract any concession when he met the company three months after the report came out. “The company had a duty to ensure that researchers to whom test vaccines and baby milk formulas were supplied were fully compliant with all necessary laws. It is difficult to comprehend how any other stance can be justified.”
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