Inquiry into use of epilepsy drug during pregnancy 'has no one to lead it' 

Karen Keely founder of OACS Ireland, (Organisation Anticonvulsant Syndromes Ireland) an advocacy group for families affected by sodium valproate prescribed during pregnancy. Picture: Moya Nolan

An inquiry into the prescribing of medication containing valproate during pregnancy - which was announced six months ago - still has nobody to chair it, families were told on Tuesday.

Commonly sold in Ireland under the brandname Epilim, these medicines, primarily used to treat epilepsy, now carry warnings against getting pregnant while taking this prescribed medication.