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What to know about the Bundibugyo virus, a species of Ebola causing an outbreak in CongoA rare Bundibugyo virus outbreak in Congo, with over 200 deaths, lacks specific treatments or vaccines, complicating response efforts. Whil...
Supreme Court orders Centre to respond to PIL on unethical clinical trials within four weeksThe Supreme Court has instructed the Centre to respond within four weeks to a PIL filed by Swasthya Adhikar Manch against unethical clinica...
No consent, no follow-up, claim Bhopal gas tragedy victims in vaccine trialTrial participants in Bhopal, who, incidentally, are also victims of the 1984 gas tragedy, told IANS of "severe violations" of the model co...
Stop Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine trial in Bhopal, plead NGOs working for gas victimsIn the letters addressed to the PM and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, these NGOs have also sought punishment for the "responsible par...
Government taking steps for patient safety during clinical trialsMandatory provisions have been made to ensure patient safety during clinical trials and compensation to any victim, Lok Sabha was informed ...
Volunteers may get up to Rs 66 lakh for injuries during clinical trial from pharmaceutical companiesCompensation to depend on age, risk profile and extent of impairment, according to a formula worked out by the government.
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.
Government plans to make quality accreditation mandatory for new clinical trialsFor ongoing trials, it may not be made mandatory immediately but these will also be brought under the accreditation fold eventually, he con...
Clinical trials to get more challengingInjuries and deaths that have ‘possibly’ or ‘probably’ resulted from trials will, therefore, also have to be compensated.
Digvijay demands probe into drug trials in poll-bound Madhya PradeshCongress leader Digvijay Singh today demanded a central government inquiry into drug-trial matter, claiming that more than 100 persons have...
Supreme Court stays DCGI nod to 162 clinical trial applicationsDCGI had received 1,122 applications for clinical trials, of which the New Drug Committee approved 285 and the regulator cleared 162.
Clinical trial victims may get minimum Rs 2 lakhDrug regulator has set a range of Rs 4 lakh to Rs 74 lakh as payout, depending on age and health risks of volunteers.
- After SC rap, govt set to notify rules to regulate drug trials
Asking for the personal presence of Health Secretary in the matter, the SC gave the Ministry four weeks to respond to a PIL.
- Supreme Court seeks governments' replies on human trial of drugs
Taking a serious view of alleged use of human beings as guinea pigs for clinical trials by drug companies, the Supreme Court today asked th...
- Drug trial deaths: Guidelines for compensation in the offing
Aiming to secure the safety of people involved in drug trials, govt is in the process of framing guidelines for awarding compensation in ca...
- Fresenius Kabi to pay higher compensation to clinical trial victims
Fresenius Kabi Oncology, the Indian arm of Germany's Fresenius Kabi will increase the compensation it paid to families of two volunteers wh...
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...