A renowned pharmacologist and expert witness in the Primodos drug scandal has been unmasked as a fraud - by his daughter.

Professor Michael Briggs, who was also a NASA scientist and adviser to the World Health Organisation, built his glittering career on lies by faking his qualifications.

The revelations come in a new book called The Scientist Who Wasn't There, written by his daughter Joanne Briggs - and Sky News can now reveal how his story sheds new light on a medical scandal that has rumbled on for five decades.

From 1966 to 1970, Professor Briggs was UK research director for Schering pharmaceuticals, which made the pregnancy test drug Primodos , sold in the UK with great commercial success.

Image: Joanne Briggs has unmasked her father's lies

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