A transparent and evidence-based priority-setting process promotes the optimal use of resources to improve health outcomes. Decision-makers and funders have begun to increasingly engage representatives of patients… Read more “Ethics and equity in research priority-setting: stakeholder engagement and the needs of disadvantaged groups”
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Indian journals fair poorly with respect to clinical trial registration details for publication.
Prospective registration of clinical trials has been made mandatory by various government regulations. The ICMJE guidelines require a clinical trial to be registered as a prerequisite for… Read more “Indian journals fair poorly with respect to clinical trial registration details for publication.”
Clinical Trial Data and the “Do no harm” principle
In an era of evidence based medicine clinical trials hold the key to validate or negate a medical intervention, whatsoever is its nature. However, clinical trials have… Read more “Clinical Trial Data and the “Do no harm” principle”
From a Doctor to a Soldier
May 2010, Bankura, India –A head injury patient lay in the emergency room just on intravenous fluids for the second day. He did not even have the… Read more “From a Doctor to a Soldier”
Data used to justify Indian HPV vaccination trial questioned
A trial of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines in India, halted by the Indian Government in 2010, ran into fresh controversy with the publication of a study suggesting… Read more “Data used to justify Indian HPV vaccination trial questioned”