23/04/03

Kerala to investigate drug trial allegations

By: K. S. Jayaraman

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<p>[NEW DELHI] A researcher from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore is among those accused of unethical conduct in a clinical trial carried out in India. The scandal has emerged barely a week after clinical trials at Johns Hopkins University were temporarily suspended following the death of a volunteer in a drug trial.<BR><BR>The high court in the state of Kerala has accepted a petition claiming that an investigational drug was injected into cancer patients at the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital, without clearance from the Drug Controller General of India, and without approval from the institutional ethical committee.<BR><BR>The chief minister of Kerala, Arakkal Parambil Kurien Antony, last week ordered an investigation into the clinical trial.<BR><BR>Reference: <em>Nature</em> 412, 466 (2001)<BR><BR><a href="http://www.nature.com/login/scidev_login.taf?ref=/nature/journal/v412/n6846/full/412466a0_fs.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to full text</A><BR></p>

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[NEW DELHI] A researcher from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore is among those accused of unethical conduct in a clinical trial carried out in India. The scandal has emerged barely a week after clinical trials at Johns Hopkins University were temporarily suspended following the death of a volunteer in a drug trial.

The high court in the state of Kerala has accepted a petition claiming that an investigational drug was injected into cancer patients at the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital, without clearance from the Drug Controller General of India, and without approval from the institutional ethical committee.

The chief minister of Kerala, Arakkal Parambil Kurien Antony, last week ordered an investigation into the clinical trial.

Reference: Nature 412, 466 (2001)

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