The Risky Business Of Drug Testing on Humans.

March 21, 2006

Risky business: Human testing for a profit New scrutiny needed after two commercial clinical trials go wrong COMMENTARY By Arthur Caplan, Ph.D. MSNBC contributor Updated: 3:24 p.m. ET March 20, 2006 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11927387/ Last week, six very healthy men suddenly wound up in a London hospital in critical condition. Earlier this month, 11 otherwise well people tested positive for tuberculosis, according to Montreal’s health department. What do these people have in common? All were human subjects in research paid for and conducted by private companies. These mishaps mean that the time has come to take a closer look at how commercialized

research involving human subjects is being conducted all over the world. For complete article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11927387/ "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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