Factor 8

US lawyer Mike Papantonio who is a senior partner with the law firm of Levin Papantonio and host of the international television show America's Lawyer spoke to Factor 8 about the contaminated blood scandal. Mike talks about litigating infected blood products and his experience in battling with the pharmaceutical giant Bayer among other cases. Mike also explores the less spoken about Nazi connections of the pharma giant.

The former MP for South Down, Margaret Ritchie, is now a life peer in the House of Lords. During her time as an MP, Margaret became an ardent supporter of our cause, calling for compensation and wanting answers.

We're joined by Jo Filer-Cooper who was a medicolegal consultant in the 1990 HIV Haemophilia litigation. Today she's telling her story publicly for the first time.

We're joined by Donna Shaw who has followed the contaminated blood scandal for three decades, starting as a reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper. She would go on to co-author the book "Blood on Their Hands" with US Lawyer Eric Weinberg, who spent years representing haemophiliacs and their families against the pharmaceutical companies that manufactured infected Factor products.

We're joined by Cees Smit (Haemophilia Patient Advocate & Author) talking about the differences between Haemophilia Care in The Netherlands and the UK during the 1970s / '80s and more.

We're joined live by Kat Lanteigne who is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of BloodWatch.org - a non-profit organization advocating for a safe, voluntary, public blood system in Canada.

Jason Evans speaks to Lynne Kelly who is the Chair of a welsh charity called Haemophilia Wales. Lynne talks about old and new generations of Haemophilia and the ongoing Infected Blood Inquiry. She also talks about the removal of Professor Bloom bust from the Cardiff Haemophilia Centre following complaints from members of the public and patients.

Live interview with Dr Abraham Karpas about the contaminated blood scandal. Dr Karpas talks about HIV testing in the 1980s with Jason Evans.

In this episode of the Factor 8 podcast, Jason talks about the upcoming Infected Blood Inquiry hearings which begin in October 2019. He then explores the series of Freedom of Information requests which led to a variety of news stories this year concerning files being checked out of the Department of Health and not returned.

Jason Evans continues to explore documents and events surrounding Dr Rejman and the Advisory Committee on the Virological Safety of Blood. Things take a turn when files start to get destroyed in eyebrow raising circumstances.

Jason Evans examines documents that relate to Dr Rejman and the ACVSB. In this first episode, Jason talks through some important documents ranging from 1989 to 1994 including the period when the HIV Haemophilia litigation was taking place. This analysis will be continued in Episode 2.