02.19.09
Clinical trials moving overseas
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20090219/hl_hsn/manyclinicaltrialsmovingoverseas
Many Clinical Trials Moving Overseas
By Amanda Gardner
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) — A new report contends many clinical drug trials are now being run outside the United States and in far reaches of the globe, and that the trend raises troubling ethical and medical issues.
The implications of this, according to Dr. Kevin A. Schulman, senior study author, are that drugs are being tested on people who may not align with the types of patients in the United States who would ultimately use the drug.