NEW DELHI: Clinical trials in India are finally becoming transparent. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of trials that have got officially registered in Clinical Trials Registry-India (CTRI).

According to records collected by the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Drug Controller General's office, between July-December 2007, only 11 trials were registered. The number increased to 137 between Jan-Dec 2008 and then to an all-time high of 546 between Jan-Dec 2009.

This year, while January saw 58 trials registered, February recorded 60.

CTRI was launched by ICMR in July 2007 with the hope that trials conducted for testing efficacy of new drugs would become transparent. There were fears that India had become a hotbed for illegal clinical trials, thanks to the diverse genetic and patient pool and drug naive population.

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