What are the advantages of going to India for clinical research?
• Availability: With a booming Indian population, there is an availability of a large pool of treatment naïve patients providing for a multiethnic and multiracial base. • Speed: Owing to the large base, patient recruitment in the country is rapid, thereby reducing the development process. • Spectrum of diseases: The country has witnessed the presence of varied diseases that are not prevalent in the West. These include diseases such as multi drug resistant pneumonia, hepatitis B, diabetes and some forms of cancer. • Economy: While all sectors are leveraging India’s benefits with economy through outsourcing, the drug companies too are tapping the potential with the country as they can save up to 30 to 50% overall on the cost of conducting the trials here in India. • Trained investigators: The investigators in India are generally trained in the US or Europe and have gained further exposure with Multinational trials based on the guidelines for GCP. • Regulatory compliance and standards: Ba