What kind of people participate in clinical trials in developing countries?
Dr Amar Jesani is a medical doctor from India with expertise in medical ethics and human rights. In a recent interview, he says that trial participants generally are poor, vulnerable and illiterate people. Apart from that, Dr Jesani says, they are desperate. They have either terminal diseases or they have no way of getting good health care. So the most vulnerable people of society are being used for clinical trials.
