Sunday, January 15, 2006

The movie, The Constant Gardener

I loved it, I loved it, I loved it. Ofcourse the director is Fernando Mireilles of City of God fame. And the issue the movie addresses - continues in all of third world, fourth world, in the emerging bio powerhouse of India - all the cheap generic drug alternatives - being tested on the healthy young adult populations far away from the countries where the drugs will ultimately be used, and for a few more easy rupees, folks give in with or without informed consent.

See these stories -
http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,69595,00.html?tw=wn_story_top5
http://www.bioethics.net/

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