Stop Covaxin trial on Bhopal gas tragedy survivors: NGOs write to PM Modi
Stop Covaxin trial on Bhopal gas tragedy survivors: NGOs write to PM Modi
Four NGOs working with the survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have written a letter to PM Modi and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan demanding that Covaxin trials be stopped in Bhopal over gross violations of protocol.
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UPDATED: January 11, 2021 08:07 IST
The NGOs alleged that vulnerable people were being misguided and herded to participate in the trials, and the consent procedure and other protocol of the testing are being flouted. (Representative image from PTI)
Activists write to PM Modi on unethical practices at Covaxin s Bhopal trial site
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Bhopal: A medic administers Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), during the Phase- 3 trials at Peoples College of Medical Sciences & Research Centre in Bhopal.
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Bharat Biotech, in its statement, said that the Covaxin Phase 3 study is being conducted across 26 sites in India in compliance with the study protocol, Indian good clinical practice guidelines, and all regulatory provisions that apply to clinical trials in the country
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Activists involved with the Bhopal gas tragedy have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and health minister Harsh Vardhan about the unethical practices at the clinical trial site for Bharat Biotech s Covaxin at the city’s Peoples College of Medical Sciences & Research Centre.
Centre urged to stop Covaxin trial in Bhopal hospital Health groups claim investigators and staff violated ethical guidelines by luring poor and educationally vulnerable people into the trial
Four non-government health groups on Sunday urged the Centre to stop the clinical trial of the homegrown Covid-19 vaccine at a hospital in Bhopal, alleging irregularities and violations of ethics by investigators at that site.
The groups have claimed that the trial investigators and staff at People’s Hospital, Bhopal, had violated ethical guidelines by luring poor and educationally vulnerable people into the trial by telling them they would receive a vaccine and a compensation of Rs 750.
Bhopal activists demand probe into Covaxin trials incident
January 11, 2021
Allege gross violation of laws governing clinical trials
As the country prepares to roll out two Covid-19 vaccines on a mass scale, a clutch of organisations from Bhopal have written to the Prime Minister and Health Minister on allegations of serious violations in the Phase-3 clinical trials being conducted at the People’s College of Medical Sciences & Research Centre in Bhopal to assess the safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of Covaxin.
Covaxin is the Covid-19 vaccine from Bharat Biotech being developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). It was recently approved for restricted use, (along with Serum Institute of India’s vaccine), but in a clinical trial mode - a caveat that had many scientific voices raising concerns on its implications.
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