A Nation of Guinea Pigs

Yesterday we were watching Constant Gardner. This movie is based on a novel by John le Carré . It deals with how big pharmaceutical companies are using third world countries as guinea pig without their knowledge by bribing the corrupt politicians.

and then when i was browsing through "Wired magazine" i found this article. Although its only available in print edition. Here is the synopsis of that article.

There's a new outsourcing boom in South Asia - and a billion people are
jockeying for the jobs. How India became the global hot spot for drug trials

After doing some googling on web i found following articles.
India gearing up to be hotspot for drug R&D
Outsourcing clinical trials to India rash and risky, critics warn
India's clinical trials and tribulations

lazybug bites..again..

no no ..not again..
The idea behind this blog was to atleast periodically post something..

but as usual i have been bitten by the lazybug :)

hope to write something regularly now.