India emerging as favourable destination to conduct global clinical trials: ReportThe joint report by the USA India Chamber of Commerce & PwC India titled, “Clinical Trial opportunities in India” which will be released at...
03 May, 2023, 11.03 AM IST
SC notice to Centre, others on plea seeking disclosure of data on Covid vaccine clinical trialsWhile hearing the plea, the bench referred to the problem of “vaccine hesitancy” in the country and asked advocate Prashant Bhushan, who wa...
09 Aug, 2021, 12.43 PM IST
Bharat Biotech hits outs at critics, says carried out '200 pc honest' trials of corona vaccineNow that vaccine is being politicized, I want to state very clearly that none of my family members is associated with any political party, ...
04 Jan, 2021, 09.33 PM IST
SII, Bharat Biotech gift India the most-awaited Covid vaccine, but here's where the problem startsEven though clinical trials take several years, WHO allows companies and regulators to skip the usual process to grant emergency approval i...
04 Jan, 2021, 11.33 AM IST
View: When care for profit model overrides innovationThe ability to conduct clinical trials safely and transparently is crucial to developing new healthcare products.
27 Apr, 2019, 11.13 AM IST
Government notifies new rules for drugs and clinical trialsThe new rules will ensure patient safety, as they would be enlisted for trials with informed consent.
25 Mar, 2019, 11.09 PM IST
Clinical trials by pharmaceutical companies still gasping for transparencyData available in the public domain shows Malpani Hospital has conducted over 40 clinical trials for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthriti...
10 May, 2018, 08.19 AM IST
Coming soon: Clinical trials transparencyThis assumes significance as almost half of clinical trials go unreported currently, and the move will enhance access to crucial data for m...
25 May, 2017, 10.39 AM IST
Activists see red over easing of regulatory norms for clinical trialsThe health ministry notified that an investigator can handle as many clinical trials as approved by the Ethics Committee—a reversal from an...
12 Aug, 2016, 04.54 AM IST
India computes new formula to compensate clinical trial deathsIndia has become the first country in the world to start giving out compensations to victims of clinical trials on the basis of a formula.
15 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
EMA nod to publishing clinical trials data of okayed drugs a welcome moveFor all those who participate in clinical trials, it may come as a shock that the data about their trials may never be published.
19 Jun, 2014, 03.51 AM IST
DCGI wants mandatory recording of clinical trial consentThe apex court had issued this directive so that any uninformed or false consent from patients enrolling into trials could be avoided.
16 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Need for more conducive environment for clinical trials: ISCR"Unless there is more clinical research in India, we can have no idea if new drugs are effective and safe for Indian population," ISCR's Su...
04 Jul, 2013, 04.31 PM IST
Pharma companies adopt tough ethical normsAfter facing flak for illegal drug trials, and unethical marketing practices, the pharma industry seems to be pulling up its socks.
09 Jan, 2013, 05.29 AM IST
Need a rational view on clinical trialsInstead of dismissing clinical trials, we need to plug any loopholes & implement existing laws stringently to ensure that clinical trials a...
13 Sep, 2012, 08.41 AM IST
Lack of compensation norms for clinical trials results in exploitation of poor patientsDrug companies paid as little as 50,000 as compensation to families of volunteers who died during clinical trials for new medicines last ye...
21 Aug, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
- No more off-the-record human clinical trials
The government has mandated all human clinical trials being done in the country to be registered with the Indian Council of Medical Researc...
17 Jun, 2009, 02.05 AM IST