Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3982

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Publication type: Journal Article

Sriwatanakul K.
Trials of dipyrone in Thailand
Lancet 1989; 1:788

Abstract:

Criticisms of the trials on dipyrone are unfounded and it is an insult to the Thai drug licensing authority to imply that a pharmaceutical company can use the sponsorship of clinical trials to delay stricter drug regulation.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/Thailand/developing countries/ dipyrone/ drug company sponsored research/ regulation of promotion/ bioethics/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: ETHICS OF TRIALS/PROMOTION DISGUISED: CLINICAL TRIALS