Clinical Trial Registry of India

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A Good Registry Means Accountable Clinical Trials. But Does India Have One?

Shreya Dasgupta 07/09/2020

The Clinical Trial Registry – India set four objectives...

FILE PHOTO: Fake blood is seen in test tubes labelled with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in this illustration

The Worrying Ways in Which Biocon’s Itolizumab Trial Was Deeply Flawed

Priyanka Pulla 24/08/2020

Several discrepancies and assumptions point to a badly done...

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There Are More Questions We Need to Ask About the COVAXIN Clinical Trials

Aakash Sethi and Gayatri Laha 08/07/2020

While the approval of the drug or the vaccine...

Laura Ng is pictured with her hydroxychloroquine prescription during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Seattle

In New Advisory, ICMR Renews Hydroxychloroquine Use as Evidence Remains Lax

Vasudevan Mukunth 23/05/2020

The new advisory presents subpar evidence on hydroxhloroquine's efficacy...

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India Set up a Code to Use Experimental Drugs in an Outbreak – Then Ignored It

Priyanka Pulla 07/05/2020

Any experimental use of a drug during an outbreak...

Laura Ng is pictured with her hydroxychloroquine prescription during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Seattle

ICMR’s Latest Clarification on Its Hydroxychloroquine Policy Is Just Baffling

Priyanka Pulla 19/04/2020

The chief epidemiologist of the nodal body leading India's...

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Why India’s Stated Policy on Hydroxychloroquine Makes No Sense

Priyanka Pulla 14/04/2020

The ICMR's reasoning for why it is recommending hydroxychloroquine...