Introducing Cara McGoogan's New Book: Part 1

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🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Listen to this extract from the host of Bed of Lies Cara McGoogan's new book: The Poison Line (UK) and Blood Farm (US).

Developed from the second series of this podcast, Bed of Lies: Blood, The Poison Line gives the full and shocking account of one of the biggest medical disasters in history – and the lengths that big pharma, the NHS and governments worldwide took to cover it up.

If you're in the US you can buy Blood Farm here: https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Farm-Explosive-Corporate-Scandal-ebook/dp/B0BTDVSKCW |

If you're in the UK you can buy The Poison Line from Telegraph Books: https://books.telegraph.co.uk/Product/Cara-McGoogan/The-Poison-Line--The-shocking-true-story-of-how-a-miracle/27367373 |

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0:00.0	The Telegraph.
0:03.2	Podcasts.
0:07.0	Hi listeners, it's Cara McGougan here.
0:11.6	I wanted to share an extract from my new book about the infected blood scandal with you.
0:16.7	It's called The Poison Line, and it's out now.
0:20.0	What follows is an extract from chapter 10, where with Tom Mull, he's the American lawyer
0:25.4	who uncovered how Factor 8 was made, and he's in a courtroom in New Orleans.
0:30.3	He's about to face the four farmer companies whose product led to the infection and death
0:35.2	of his client, Ken Dixon.
0:37.4	I hope you find it interesting.
0:45.3	The end of the 20th century was approaching, and still, the pharmaceutical companies continued
0:51.2	to thwart their accusers, winning virtually every case that went to trial.
0:57.2	There were a handful of exceptions that gave Tom a glimmer of hope.
1:01.8	In 1997, a jury in Indiana had found Bayon negligent for its use of high-risk donors
1:09.0	and its failure to put an AIDS warning on Factor 8 after December 1982.
1:14.4	The family received $2 million.
1:17.5	In Missouri, a jury awarded another survivor $1.4 million, but the decision was reversed
1:24.2	on appeal.
1:26.2	Tom Lorraine and Michael had greater ambitions with their next trial.
1:31.2	They wanted a jury to find Alpha Armor, Baxter and Bayer responsible for Ken's HIV infection
1:37.7	and wrongful death, and by extension, get a conclusion for all of their clients.
1:46.0	The case opened in November 1998, back in New Orleans, with Judge Max Tobias once again
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