Blood tribunal vindicated after drugs firm charged

THE charging of Armour Pharmaceuticals in connection with the death of an Irish boy infected with tainted blood was a vindication of the Irish Haemophilia Society’s campaign for a State inquiry into the role of international drug companies.

Irish Haemophilia Society chairman Brian O’Mahony said the Lindsay Tribunal had the information that was available to the Canadian police, plus information relating to the infection of the child. “The tribunal refused to go into that area. It was a missed opportunity,” he said.

He said it was clear, from the society’s view, the firm was to blame for issuing unsafe product.