India plans to audit clinical trials

The Indian government has announced a plan to set up a registry and to audit some clinical trials after being dogged for years by controversies over illegal and unethical trials.

The Indian Council of Medical Research will establish a registry of clinical trials conducted in the country, and drug regulators will scrutinise trials to ensure compliance with ethical guidelines and good clinical practice, officials said last week.

The health ministry has begun training drug inspectors to audit trials, Ashwini Kumar, …