Clinical Trials Have Gone Global: Is This a Good Thing?

2012145 citationsReviewgold Open Access

Authors

Sisira Siribaddana · Rajarata University of Sri Lanka

Abstract

As part of a cluster of articles leading up to the 2012 World Health Report and critically reflecting on the theme of “no health without research,” Trudie Lang and Sisira Siribaddana discuss the value and challenges of doing clinical trials in developing countries.

Topics & Keywords

Ethics in Clinical Research Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Biomedical Ethics and Regulation

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 9, Issue 6, pp. e1001228-e1001228

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001228

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