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 […]
CIC exempts clinical trial related information from disclosure under RTI Act
Pharmabiz.com Suja Nair Shirodkar, Mumbai Saturday, June 18, 2011, 08:00 Hrs [IST] With a view to protect patient related information and preserve exclusive intellectual property rights of the pharma companies the Central Information Commission (CIC) recently passed a decision acknowledging exemption from disclosure of information on clinical trials under Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. The […]
Are American children to be used in medical experiments to test anthrax vaccine?
By Tara Green (NaturalNews) The highly controversial and potentially lethal anthrax vaccine may be tested on US children if the federal government gets its way. Although adverse event reports related to the vaccine among adult test subjects have included hospitalization, disability and even death, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is exploring […]
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