Clinical research outsourcing is gaining steam but certainly not in India as it is suffering here due to infrastructure bottlenecks, lack of awareness and skilled people. This seems to be stunting the growth of clinical research outsourcing in India. The figures are pretty disturbing since just two hundred and fifty of the half million clinicians are trained in conducting trials.
A Ramamurthy, Chairman, Huclin Research said:
CRO is an integration of doctors, pharmacists and pharma companies. The demand is huge but the supply is low. General hospitals do not have adequate infrastructure to support the activity, thus causing a slump in the industry growth
Above all social activists are protesting clinical trials since they are against the idea of using Indians as guinea pigs and they are probably right. It seems that it will take a while before clinical research outsourcing catches up in India.
Via economictimes
