Pharma giant claims contaminated drip did not cause baby death

A pharmaceutical company has been accused of causing the death of a premature baby by supplying contaminated drip feeds, a court heard. ITH Pharma Ltd, based in Wembley, was charged with multiple offences after three children died and around 20 others needed treatment at several hospitals across the UK. Legal representatives for the company, a supplier of specialist drip feeds for premature and vulnerable babies, accept that the feed was contaminated and admitted to failing to make a suitable risk…