Synopsis
Award-winning journalist Brian Deer investigates the circumstances surrounding the infamous drug trial conducted at a private unit in London's Northwick Park Hospital in March 2006.
- Programme: Dispatches
- Episode: The Drug Trial That Went Wrong
- Channel: Channel 4
- Broadcast year: 2006
- Journalism
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