Research and Development
Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are an essential part of testing the efficacy and safety of medicines. But there are issues in developing countries in the capacity to undertake them, and ethical issues in conducting them.
Documents
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Report of the World Health Organization (WHO) on a Plan for International Registration of Controlled Trials [pdf 24kb] (Draft only) | 2004
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Ethical and Policy Issues in International Research: Clinical Trials in Developing Countries | National Bioethics Advisory Commission (US) | 2001
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Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human Subjects | Indian Council of Medical Research | 2000
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Guidelines for Good Practice in the Conduct of Clinical Trials in Human Participants in South Africa | South African Department of Health | 2000
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Resolution No. 196/96 on Research Involving Human Subjects | National Health Council of Brazil | 1996
Feature articles
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The Tribulations of Clinical Trials- Efforts are afoot to improve the output of the drug research pipeline | By Susan Warner, The Scientist
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Building African research capacity: Europe–Africa collaboration will focus on developing African science | By Stephen Pincock, The Scientist