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Human rights group asks health ministry to explain illegal clinical trials

February 8, 2013
The union ministry of health and family welfare was issued notice by the National Human Rights Commission on Thursday over the alleged clinical drug trials on 3,479 children in the last five years in three government hospitals in …

Over 2,000 died during drug trials in last 4 years, only 22 received compensation

July 1, 2012
According to information provided by the Drug Controller-General (India), in the last four years 2031 people died as a result of Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) caused during drug trials but only about 1 per cent cases received any …