Biotrial must better protect volunteers (French health minister) In response to a clinical trial that turned deadly in January, French Minister of Health Marisol Touraine has given the Biotrial research institute in Rennes one month to develop a plan to better protect trial volunteers or face closure. Six people were hospitalised and one died after taking part in a Phase I trial for a new pain and mood disorder at the clinic in western France on behalf of Portuguese pharmaceutical company Bial. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITESREFILING TO CORRECT SLUG