3. Should we BAN clinical Trials in
India????
Don’t’ be carried away with emotions…
4. Clinical Trials- Defined
• Definition - Biomedical or health-related
research studies in human beings that follow a
pre-defined protocol.
• Types
Treatment Trials
Prevention Trials
Diagnostic Trials
Screening Trials
Quality of Life Trials
5. Stages In Clinical Trials
• Preclinical Studies
• Phase I Trials
• Phase II Trials
• Phase III Trials
• Phase IV Trials
It requires $ 4 Billion to $ 11 Billion to produce &
commercialize a drug for human use
No Indian Company has produced a single drug
molecule yet
6. It’s not that only Indians are used,
Americans and Europeans are used much more
7. Benefits of Clinical Trials
• Vital for the advancement of Medicines
• Improves the existing medicines
• Access to promising new approaches often not
available outside the clinical trial setting
• Gives access to new research treatments before
they are widely available at no cost
• Helps patients with advanced diseases where
there are no treatment options available (AIDS)
• Provides complete health monitoring
8. Clinical Trials – The Real Facts
• Added 10 years to our life expectancy
• Made organ transplants possible
• Made diabetes a manageable condition
• Extended the life expectancy of AIDS patients
• Prolonged the lives of millions of cancer
patients
• Clinical trials make the world a better place to
live
9. Drugs on trial today could go on to become the
licensed drugs of tomorrow
and benefit you or your family members..!
