Crown drops all criminal charges against former Red Cross medical director, Roger Perrault (18 Jan. 2008)

Wilson K. The Krever Commission – 10 years later.  CMAJ 2007 Nov 20; 177 (11)

4 doctors & U.S. drug company acquitted of criminal charges related to distributing infected Factor VIII conc. in 1986-87

Officials charged in tainted blood scandal await verdict on Oct.1 (10 Sept. 2007)

• Hep C payout tops €818 million (23 Dec. 2008)
• Blood compensation bill set to exceed €1 billion (22 Aug. 2007)
• Most of €95m blood tribunal legal fees go to a handful of solicitors

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• Volume 1 http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/hcan-scan/commission_blood_final_rep-e/vol1-e.pdf
• Volume 2   AIDS: Safety in Blood Products
*The section most relevant to the criminal trial
14. The Risk in Factor Concentrates
15. The Conversion to Heat-Treated Concentrates
16. Safety in Heat-Treated Concentrates
17. The Decline of the Domestic Fractionation Industry
18. Treatment of Hemophiliacs in the Era of AIDS
    AIDS: Responses Outside the Blood Program
19. The Public Health Authorities: Information about AIDS
20. Contact Tracing
21. The Risk to the Sexual Partners and Children of Hemophiliacs Hepatitis: Safety in Blood Components and Blood Products
22. The Nature and History of Hepatitis
23. Surrogate Testing
24. Canada's Rejection of Surrogate Testing
25. The Canadian Response to Post-Transfusion Hepatitis: Commentary
26. The Consequences of the Contamination of the Blood Supply
• Volume 3
• Appendices