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Drug Firm to Pay Huge Damages to Parkinsons Disease Sufferer
December 11, 2007 at 1:10 PM
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Last month Didier Jambart, 47, from Nantes, western France, and father of two, had won a groundbreaking ruling giving him compensation rights. He is demanding €400,000 in damages after a tribunal backed his case.
The pharmaceutical group – which cannot be named – will pay 80 per cent of the sum owed to Jambart, and the neurologist the rest.
As the payment details are being worked out, Jambart said, “I could not have told this story even several months ago without breaking down….I know of other dreadful examples here in France, including someone imprisoned as a result of their compulsive gambling, and of women who ended up prostituting themselves in mobile homes because of their sexual obsessions.”
He ran up gambling debts of €130,000 while stealing from his family, friends and neighbours to fund his obsession. He even sold toys belonging to his two young sons.
Dopamine agonists, which mimic the mood chemical dopamine, are used in several branded drugs commonly prescribed for Parkinson's.
Dopamine, a neurotransmitter found in the brain, regulates movement, balance and walking.
When used alone in early Parkinson's disease, dopamine agonists may reduce symptoms of the disease, especially those that affect motor function, such as stiffness and slowness.
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