22 people died during clinical trials (Thaindian, August 9 2011, edited)

[Giuseppe]

[Source: Thaindian, full text: (LINK).]

22 people died during clinical trials



9 August 2011 | IANS

New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Twenty-two people died during clinical trials last year, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Tuesday, adding that their families had been paid compensation. The minister said multinational pharma companies and clinical research bodies involved in the trials were told by the Drugs Controller General to provide compensation to the [...]

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[Emily]

Re: 22 people died during clinical trials (Thaindian, August 9 2011, edited)

http://english.aljazeera.net/program...453541600.html
Outsourced: Clinical trials overseas
As US pharmaceutical companies move their operations abroad, India has become a testing ground for trial medicines.
Fault Lines Last Modified: 11 Jul 2011 12:00


Interview with Zeina Awad, the reporter of the Outsourced documentary in the link above:
http://www.truth-out.org/us-pharmace...oor/1312732315