From Economic times
NEW DELHI: The horrid theory of Indians as guinea pigs for the Big Pharma is up for debate again. As per news reports independently confirmed by ET, the country’s highest technical body for drugs — Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) — has decided to propose to the government a key change in regulation of clinical trials.

It favoured allowing first-stage clinical trials of drug molecules discovered abroad in India, concurrently with first-time conduct of such trials abroad. DTAB’s advice would weigh heavily on the government, although given the contentious nature of the issue, the political establishment could still dither.

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