INTERVIEW: ‘Worst Behind’ Troubled Indian Clinical Research Sector

India’s beleaguered clinical trials industry is getting back on track, the president of the Indian Society for Clinical Research has told PharmAsia News, after a string of faulty studies put the sector under a cloud. But it is seen taking until 2016 for the improved trend to become evident.

NEW DELHI – “The pendulum is normalizing” in India’s embattled clinical trials sector, according to Suneela Thatte, president of the Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR). “We have been through a lot of negative publicity…but we have the worst period behind us,” Thatte told PharmAsia News in an interview.

India’s s nascent clinical research field and giant generic drugs sector have been under fire from health activists and international...

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