http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on clinical ethics and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/news/ The trial of the hospital technician who conducted unauthorised drug trials on patients demonstrates the need for stricter regulations, say ethicists.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/unauthorised-hiv-trial-questions-ethics-processes.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsThu, 29 Jan 2009 03:08:38 GMTChina must be more vigilant in regulating medical research to protect research participants, say Wang Ruotao and Gail E. Henderson.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/better-regulation-needed-for-medical-research-in-c.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsThu, 04 Dec 2008 02:01:11 GMTAuthorities have uncovered what they say are illegal and unsupervised drug trials on HIV positive cancer patients in Malawi.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/medic-charged-with-unauthorised-drug-trials-in-mal.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsWed, 12 Nov 2008 04:53:43 GMTDeveloping countries are attractive places to run clinical trials, but in many places ethical oversight falls short.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/global-trials-fall-short-on-ethical-standards.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsFri, 24 Oct 2008 04:10:23 GMTAfrican ministers have committed themselves to a set of actions to boost health research in their countries. Now they must implement them.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/time-to-turn-words-into-deeds-on-health-research.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsFri, 27 Jun 2008 05:11:03 GMTResearchers are putting women's lives at risk by being too cautious about trialling drugs during pregnancy, say Nicholas J. White and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/risk-averse-researchers-put-mothers-lives-at-risk.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsTue, 24 Jun 2008 04:06:01 GMTThe Cape Town High Court has banned two doctors from conducting unauthorised trials of vitamins they claim cure HIV/AIDS.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/south-african-court-bans-trial-of-vitamin-hiv-cure.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsWed, 18 Jun 2008 03:19:00 GMTA new funding announcement means that African scientists will be able to mastermind their own medical research projects.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/clinical-trials-in-africa-receive-funding-boost.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsFri, 06 Jun 2008 04:18:36 GMTA round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/south-asia-news-in-brief-1-15-march-2008.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsThu, 20 Mar 2008 03:58:03 GMTTrials of HIV prevention strategies in developing countries face multiple obstacles including political pressures, say scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/hiv-prevention-trials-hindered-by-obstacles-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsWed, 05 Mar 2008 03:44:07 GMTScientists have published findings which led to the arrest of fake antimalarial producers in China.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/scientists-aid-arrest-of-fake-drug-producers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsFri, 22 Feb 2008 02:27:26 GMTEthics committees overseeing clinical trials in poor countries need reforming to protect participants, argue J. Karbwang and F. Crawley.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/need-to-strengthen-ethics-committees.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsWed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMTAfter years of legal wrangling and controversy, authorities finally approved an anti-HIV drug trial. Sharon Davis and Christina Scott report.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/south-african-hiv-trial-gets-longawaited-go-ahead.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsThu, 09 Aug 2007 12:00:00 GMTA human trial of HIV gene therapy and new drugs hold hope for treatment, say scientists at an international HIV conference.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/gene-therapy-and-new-drugs-hold-hiv-promise.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsTue, 24 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMTChina's drugs regulator will use new rules when approving and registering drugs in an effort to avoid corruption and aid innovation.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/china-drugs-agency-must-play-by-new-rules.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsThu, 12 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMTZambia's drug authority says it will prosecute two men if their claims to have a HIV/AIDS 'cure' are unsubstantiated.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/zambia-questions-men-touting-hivaids-cure.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsThu, 07 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTNigeria is suing drug company Pfizer for US$7 billion, claiming that they ran an illegal drug trial that killed 196 children.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/nigeria-sues-pfizer-over-drug-trial-scandal.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsWed, 06 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMTChina's new bioethics regulations will protect human subjects while allowing biomedicine and biotechnologies to develop, argues Qiu Renzong.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/china-taking-the-right-steps-in-bioethics.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsFri, 18 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTScience journalists need to be vigilant when investigating fraud, say speakers at the World Conference of Science Journalists.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/science-journalists-urged-to-report-fraud.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsWed, 18 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMTTakafira Mduluza says ethics are only part of what makes biomedical research work in poor countries — insight and compensation are as vital.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/clinical-ethics/beyond-ethics-biomed-research-and-the-poor.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_clinicalethicsFri, 13 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/