Drug Companies Using Third-World People as Guinea Pigs

Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly turning to the practice of testing their drugs on Third World populations in order to keep costs down, according to a report by researchers from Duke University, titled Ethical and Scientific Implications of the Globalization of Clinical Research.

The practice has raised concerns over exploitation of vulnerable populations and the accuracy of research conducted in such conditions.

"We don't want to imagine that lower-income countries are the clinical trial mill for higher-income countries," said lead author Kevin A. Schulman.

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