June 18: Although as many as 500 clinical trials take place in India, the WHO points out that there are less than 40 ethics committees which are properly constituted and monitor the trials. A large number of pharma companies, medical colleges and reputed hospitals, including those under the government's control, flout rules on the ethics panel.
Every clinical trial needs to be cleared by the locally-constituted ethics committee before it is approved by the Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation. The trial should be registered with the Clinical Trials Registry of India, managed by the Indian Council of Medical Research. Clinical trials are not illegal, but most of the organisations, including reputed hospitals, take advantage of the poverty in rural areas and recruit economically disadvantaged people.
Another pitiable thing is that no department knows who is enforcing against the 'Unethical Clinical Trails"!
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