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April 01, 2013
A one-day conference on emerging issues in ethics and regulation of medical research was organised by the Department of Research, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre (DMHRC), Pune, on January12, 2013. The meeting was attended by 270 participants.
April 01, 2013
Research ethics is closely related to scientific and methodological standards. A research project involving human participants is never ethical if it is not scientifically and methodologically sound in the first place. Clinical data management, despite often being perceived as "just" a technical ...
July 01, 2012
Since May 2011, Syria has faced severe economic sanctions which are all pervasive for the economy and society. There is by now considerable evidence in literature that sanctions have a serious impact on the health of citizens in both the short and long term.
July 01, 2011
The Clinical Trials Registry-India (CTRI) was launched on July 20, 2007 and since then has grown to become a significant contributor to the global pool of accessible clinical trial data. Trial registration in the CTRI is now mandatory. Currently more than 1,800 trials are registered in the CTRI.
January 01, 2005
This journal, the society and its members have always been perceived to be be anti-drug company. Certainly, we have published an entire issue on the pharmaceutical industry. One of us has been instrumental in abolishing drug company sponsorship for conferences held in his institution, another has...
July 01, 2004
In her book To die like a dog, Lesley Martin admitted that she tried to kill her mother twice with an overdose of morphine and then smothered her with a pillow. The book's publication reopened a homicide investigation of Ms Martin's murder.
January 01, 2004
Pharmaceutical companies and doctors have an interdependent relationship throughout the world. This relationship is even stronger in developing countries such as Sri Lanka, and may lead to adverse outcomes especially for the consumer. Not only do drug companies play a vital role in sponsoring con...
April 01, 2004
I remember feeling sleepy while holding retractors during long operations during residency in Mumbai and later in the USA in the early 1990s. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in the USA recently implemented strict regulations that would prohibit residents working more than...
April 01, 2004
As this letter is being written preparations are on for he Indian cricket team's visit. Karachi in particular and Pakistan in general is enjoying the new-found peace and goodwill with India. Still, there have been two attempts reported on the president's life and a major military operation is on ...
October 01, 2003
Every third person I know in Assam has either got his or her appendix removed or is in the process of getting it done. Every other person I know is either on injections or on tonics for a 'spoilt liver'. The textbooks make no mention of these entities but we find doctors diagnosing something call...