A Bitter Pill. David Concar.
by Concar, David; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 71Global Issues. Publisher: Amnesty Now, 2003ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Clinical trials | Drugs -- Testing | Eli Lilly and Company | Globalization | Human experimentation in medicine | Medical care -- Developing countries | Pfizer Inc | Pharmaceutical ethics | Pharmaceutical industryDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Shoe and clothing companies were among the first to seek out the cheap labor, tax breaks, and looser regulations of developing countries in the recent wave of globalization. Pharmaceutical companies discovered that they, too, could save money and time by moving the costliest part of their business--clinical trials--overseas." (AMNESTY NOW) The author examines the practices of pharmaceutical companies and suggests that the "side effects of globalizing human experimentation may include questionable ethics, preventable deaths and violations of international agreements."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: A Bitter Pill, Summer 2003; pp. 10+.
"Shoe and clothing companies were among the first to seek out the cheap labor, tax breaks, and looser regulations of developing countries in the recent wave of globalization. Pharmaceutical companies discovered that they, too, could save money and time by moving the costliest part of their business--clinical trials--overseas." (AMNESTY NOW) The author examines the practices of pharmaceutical companies and suggests that the "side effects of globalizing human experimentation may include questionable ethics, preventable deaths and violations of international agreements."
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