By Joseph Alexander, New Delhi Ethics Violations? Even after several months since the expert committee found irregularities in the clinical trials of Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine (HPV vaccine) that allegedly caused deaths of a few trial subjects, the authorities are still sitting on the report and failed to initiate any punitive action. According to a […]
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 […]
A Vaccine That Works Only Half the Time Is Not the Shot in the Arm Malaria Needs
By Tido von Schoen-Angerer, Executive Director of Access to Essential Medicines Campaign, Doctors Without Borders Last week saw the announcement of a new weapon in the fight against malaria. GlaxoSmithKline, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the PATH Initiative together announced on Tuesday early results of a clinical trial in Africa of a malaria vaccine that cuts […]
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 […]