Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Clinical trials claimed 436 lives in 2012
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, February 22
Close on the heels of fresh notifications in the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules to regulate the clinical trial sector better in India, the government today informed the Lok Sabha that 436 deaths occurred during such trials over the past year.
So far, it was known that 211 persons had died in 2012 on account of serious adverse events during the clinical trials of drugs and medical devices in the country. The death toll has doubled by the end of 2012.
With this admission, the death toll in drug trials in India stands at 1,542 over the past three years. It was 668 in 2010 where only 22 cases were attributed to deaths on account of clinical trials and the rest were attributed to previous medical history of the trial participants. In 2011, 438 deaths happened in the drug trials with the companies paying compensation to just 16 persons after admitting that they died due to complications arising from clinical trials.
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130223/main7.htm
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, February 22
Close on the heels of fresh notifications in the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules to regulate the clinical trial sector better in India, the government today informed the Lok Sabha that 436 deaths occurred during such trials over the past year.
So far, it was known that 211 persons had died in 2012 on account of serious adverse events during the clinical trials of drugs and medical devices in the country. The death toll has doubled by the end of 2012.
With this admission, the death toll in drug trials in India stands at 1,542 over the past three years. It was 668 in 2010 where only 22 cases were attributed to deaths on account of clinical trials and the rest were attributed to previous medical history of the trial participants. In 2011, 438 deaths happened in the drug trials with the companies paying compensation to just 16 persons after admitting that they died due to complications arising from clinical trials.
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130223/main7.htm