When Experiments Travel: Clinical Trials and the Global Search for 
Human Subjects, 2009.  Ariana Petryna, Princeton University Press

Reform advocates assert that "Often employing biased samples and 
unable to detect uncommon but potentially fatal drug reactions, 
trials are producing highly manipulate and less therapeutically 
significant evidence." p 26

In the developing world, for AIDS relief, "Plizer loans medical as 
well as financial and organizational management experts to help local 
NGOs and ministries of health support health systems and 'deliver an 
uninterrupted supply of high-quality, low-cost products that will 
flow through a transparent, accountable system." p 192

Recommended reading, to shore up with you might already know about 
pharma, evidence, greed and rights.

(One  takeway - don't try a drug until it's been on the market for 
several years.   Sylvia)


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