Al Jazeera’s Fault Lines on Outsourcing Clinical Trials
Posted by Osagie Obasogie July 19, 2011
Biopolitical Times
There have been several critical inquiries into pharmaceutical companies' growing practice of outsourcing clinical trials to the developing world. But a recent piece of investigative journalism by Fault Lines’ Zeina Awad offers a compelling inside look into the questionable business of using vulnerable populations from the developing world to test drugs that will not benefit them and will largely be consumed by Westerners. The 25-minute segment offers several interviews with key experts as well as people impacted by the loose regulations surrounding this practice. The video is available by clicking here.