[SaneVax: Last year India called a halt to two clinical trials of HPV vaccines being conducted under the title of ‘demonstration projects’ due to allegations of multiple serious ethics and safety violations. After much investigation, the Union health ministry is expected to initiate punitive actions. Let’s hope health authorities in other countries are watching, paying […]
Brinda to Azad: Take action against violators of HPV project
By Kounteya Sinha, TNN, The Times of India NEW DELHI: The controversy surrounding the use of human papilloma virus (HPV) in India is back to haunt the Union health ministry. Former Rajya Sabha member Brinda Karat has written a scathing letter to Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, drawing his attention to an article published in the Bulletin […]
No inquiry planned into reports of Irish infants used in medical research
By Adoption Rights Alliance THE DEPARTMENT OF Health says there are no plans to hold an inquiry into allegations that the bodies of hundreds of babies born to unmarried women in Ireland’s mother and baby homes were used in medical experiments after they died. Last night, RTÉ’s Prime Time ran a special programme uncovering how hundreds of […]
Saheli finds Enquiry of PATH project on HPV vaccines still shielding the
Saheli finds Enquiry of PATH project on HPV vaccines still shielding the guilty Our worst fears about unethical conduct of bio-medical research have been confirmed by the interim report of the enquiry panel set up by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to enquire into violations in PATH-ICMR project though on each count the enquiry […]
