By Kounteya Sinha, TNN PORT BLAIR: A mutant strain of Hepatitis B — a viral infection that causes chronic liver failure, and is 50 to 100 times more infectious than HIV — has been isolated from the ancient and dwindling Nicobarese tribe of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Scientists from ICMR’s Regional Medical Research Centre […]
3-month-old dies after vaccination
By Ahnedabad Mirror Bureau Victim’s father Kamlesh Patel alleges that the rotavirus vaccine drops given to his daughter by the family doctor killed her; scared of being attacked, doc calls police. A three-month-old girl died a few hours after she was administered rotavirus vaccine drops on Friday evening. The father of the victim filed a […]
‘Clinical trials of HPV vaccine conducted on tribal girls’
By Staff Reporter for ‘The Hindu’ KHAMMAM: Tribal woman P Venkatamma, mother of Sarita, the girl who died after receiving human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Duggmugudem mandal last year, has appealed to the authorities concerned to make the postmortem report of her daughter accessible to her. Venkatamma along with several tribal women participated in a […]
Human Smears
By Madhavi Tata Poor Andhra villagers now victims of clinical drug trials. No Drug Resistance •35 women, some men from Guntur district put through clinical trials of a breast cancer drug. They later complain of joint pains, nausea and chest pains. •Biotech industry in Andhra is worth about Rs 455 crore (around $100 million) •Touts […]
India: deadly drug trials
By Jason Overdorf A $400 million market for clinical trials puts desperate Indian patients at risk. CHENNAI, India — India’s huge population, many of whom have hardly been exposed to medication, makes it one of the world’s most promising markets for drug research. But as the $400 million business accelerates, critics say it is exposing […]
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