https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed France has suspended sales of an acne drug whose use as a birth control pill has been linked to the deaths of four women. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130130/france-halts-sale-of-contraceptive-pill Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:57:00 +0100 france-halts-sale-of-contraceptive-pill French health regulator ANSM has launched a probe into the drug Diane-35, used to treat acne and also as a contraceptive, after linking it to four deaths over the past 25 years. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130128/france-probes-acne-pill-linked-to-deaths Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:27:00 +0100 france-probes-acne-pill-linked-to-deaths A new book written by two doctors claims over half of the medicines are available in France are ineffective, and 5 percent of them are even dangerous. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120913/doctors-claim-half-of-drugs-useless-5-dangerous Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:38:00 +0200 doctors-claim-half-of-drugs-useless-5-dangerous