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Revealed: key files shredded as UK government panic grew over infected blood deaths lawsuit

The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

Lost documents prevented victims from finding out the truth, official inquiry told Disastrous failures that caused the contaminated blood scandal were denied by ministers for decades after officials destroyed, lost and blocked access to key documents, memos submitted to the official inquiry reveal. Continue reading.

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Revealed: UK government was warned of infected blood risks in 1970s

The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

The product, given to ­haemophiliacs to enable their blood to clot, was injected into thousands of patients in the UK in the 1970s and 1980s, ­including young children, who were infected with Aids and hepatitis C.

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UK swapped to fatal US blood products to save money, minutes suggest

The Guardian - Pharmaceutical Industry

A public inquiry into the deaths of an estimated 2,900 people infected with conditions such as HIV and hepatitis will publish its final report in May, four decades after the NHS started prescribing blood and blood products – including from drug users, prisoners and sex workers – sourced from the US.