Should Clinical Trials Be Outsourced?

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http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1830334,00.html

...a trial in India, along with 31 other countries, of Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug ragaglitazar had to be suspended after a trial in mice revealed that the compound caused urinary bladder tumors...


...the anticancer drug letrozole to 430 young women to see if it would induce ovulation, despite the fact that the drug is known to be toxic to embryos...


...an amendment proposed last year by the technical advisory committee of India's Health Ministry would further allow drug companies to test their products widely on patients in India before they're proved safe at home...
 












How do they control for DDIs with curry's active compounds like curcumin, which has medicinal properties in and of itself? This is disaster! THIS is FIPNet!

If a compound works for 1 person, it should work for everyone. That's the FIPNET way of reducing the time it takes from discovery to market.

$$ JL $$