Aventis Pasteur admits buying child organs from UK hospital

Aventis' French vaccine maker Aventis Pasteur confirmed that it made donations to Liverpool's Alder Hey Hospital in return for child organs.

A hospital spokeswoman said: "The hospital can confirm that for a brief period between 1991 and 1993, these (organs) were made available to a pharmaceutical company for research, and that we are aware that during that period contributions were made to the trust's cardiac department."