Melissa+Nay

=__**Medical Testing - India**__= India is a major source for clinical trials. The participants are usually from the poor sections of India, and "If they experience smaller side effects, they usually ignore them. They need the money" (Sandler). Usually the test subjects will participate in more than one clinical trial, which in turn can mess up the accuracy of the results. India is such an easy country to do clinical trials in because they can be done easily, cheaply, with no regulations and if there are violations, you can get by away with it. In 2010, 22 people died from the clinical testing, the pharmaceutical companies paid only an average of $4,800 (Sandler). India is now required to have trial site inspections. "Trial site inspection categories include documentation, study protocol, informed consent, case record forms, adverse events and ethics committees" (Dobell).

http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/02/10561824-people-keep-falling-sick-how-poor-indians-are-recruited- for-clinical-drug-trials http://www.outsourcing-pharma.com/Clinical-Development/India-tightens-clinical-trial-guidelines