INDIAN PATIENTS BEING EXPLOITED AS GUINEA PIGS BY MULTINATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ! The Supreme Court, some time back had expressed concern over alleged illegal clinical trial of drugs in the country, saying it's "unfortunate" that humans were being treated as "guinea pigs".
A bench headed by Justice RM Lodha had pulled up the Centre and the Madhya Pradesh government for not filing their response on PIL's alleging large-scale illegal drug trials in the state and other parts of the country.
The bench had said, "There has to be some sense of responsibility (on the part of the government). Human beings are being treated as guinea pigs. This is unfortunate." The bench had granted the government and Medical Council of India eight weeks more time to file their replies.
The court was hearing two PIL's filed by a group of doctors and an NGO alleging that illegal and unethical clinical trials were being done on poor persons including juveniles, tribal s and dalits who were used as guinea pigs for testing of drugs and vaccines produced by multinational corporations.
Now,as per latest media report [Hindu,dated May 13,2013] and in gross violation to Supreme Court directives,drug trails on humans in Rajasthan over the last eight years,have claimed 95 lives,while 291 persons experienced serious adverse events. The data was provided by state Government's latest deposition before the Supreme Court in an ongoing public interest litigation.
However,the total number of deaths could be much higher as a total 326 trails were conducted in Rajasthan during this period.Some of the drugs for which trials were conducted include,Talactoferril,Kremizin
According to information submitted to the court by the Union Health Secretary in the case,a total of 2,644 deaths and 11,972 serious adverse effects were reported during clinical trails in India between January 2005 and June 1012.
A bench headed by Justice RM Lodha had pulled up the Centre and the Madhya Pradesh government for not filing their response on PIL's alleging large-scale illegal drug trials in the state and other parts of the country.
The bench had said, "There has to be some sense of responsibility (on the part of the government). Human beings are being treated as guinea pigs. This is unfortunate." The bench had granted the government and Medical Council of India eight weeks more time to file their replies.
The court was hearing two PIL's filed by a group of doctors and an NGO alleging that illegal and unethical clinical trials were being done on poor persons including juveniles, tribal s and dalits who were used as guinea pigs for testing of drugs and vaccines produced by multinational corporations.
Now,as per latest media report [Hindu,dated May 13,2013] and in gross violation to Supreme Court directives,drug trails on humans in Rajasthan over the last eight years,have claimed 95 lives,while 291 persons experienced serious adverse events. The data was provided by state Government's latest deposition before the Supreme Court in an ongoing public interest litigation.
However,the total number of deaths could be much higher as a total 326 trails were conducted in Rajasthan during this period.Some of the drugs for which trials were conducted include,Talactoferril,Kremizin
According to information submitted to the court by the Union Health Secretary in the case,a total of 2,644 deaths and 11,972 serious adverse effects were reported during clinical trails in India between January 2005 and June 1012.
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