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It is incredible that a year after a clinical trial of an experimental painkiller ended in a volunteer's death, it is still not possible to fully learn all the lessons that could make drug research safer. BIA 10-2474, developed by the Portuguese drug company Bial, was being tested in humans for the first time in Rennes, France. Things began to go wrong on 10 January when one participant, a 49-year-old man, developed problems with his speech, vision and swallowing, going into a coma and dying a week later.