title: Clinical trials seen shifting overseas.
abstract: A Tufts University study released in mid-2003 indicates that increasing numbers of clinical trials for U.S.-produced pharmaceutical are being conducted outside the United States, mainly by contract research organizations. This process speeds up clinical trials, but raises ethical issues of the possible coercion or exploitation of more vulnerable and naive patient populations.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rowland
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000941:ethics; D003284:Contract Services / Q000941:ethics; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D032984:Ethics, Research; D014481:United States