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India’s Supreme Court said Thursday that unregulated clinical trials of new drugs were causing “havoc” in the country as it ordered the health ministry to monitor any new applications for tests.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The comments were made during a hearing on a petition detailing deaths and health problems caused by clinical trials carried out on Indians, often without their knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n

“Uncontrolled clinical trials are causing havoc to human life,” Justice R.M. Lodha observed.<\/p>\n

“There are so many legal and ethical issues involved with clinical trials and the government has not done anything so far.”<\/p>\n

The judge, who has previously stated that Indians are being used like “guinea pigs”, ordered the health secretary to monitor all new applications for trials from pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n

Low costs, weak laws and inadequate enforcement and penalties have made India an attractive destination for the tests, activists say.<\/p>\n

The petitioners in the public interest litigation case — a group of doctors and a voluntary organization — claim several patients seeking medical help in the central state of Madhya Pradesh were used in drug tests.<\/p>\n

The groups say they have compiled and submitted a report on more than 200 cases in which patients were subjected to trials to check the efficacy of various new treatments without their permission.<\/p>\n

Drug trials are an essential step for pharmaceutical companies in order to win regulatory approval to bring new drugs to market.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, 12 doctors were accused of conducting secret trials on children and patients with learning disabilities. They paid fines of less than US$100 each.<\/p>\n

Faced with mounting criticism, the Indian Council of Medical Research in 2011 sought proposals from doctors and health activists on new draft category_idelines for compensation for people used in drug trials.<\/p>\n

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