Drug giants Sanofi have been charged with "involuntary homicide" in a major step for families who say babies were left disabled, deformed or dead after using the epilepsy drug Depakine. In an in-depth interview with Newsflash the president of the organisation presenting thousands of women claim they became victims after using the drug accuse managers at the pharmaceutical firm of being "white collar criminals" and "liars". This means that Sanofi - formally Sanofi Aventis France - are now being officially investigated by the French authorities with potentially global implications affecting mums in the UK, Ireland and the USA. Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi have been charged with "involuntary homicide" amidst a scandal that has seen the firm accused of failing to disclose risks to pregnant women that their babies could be born deformed, with neurological problems, or with autism.