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VULNErAbLE children as young as 13 are being used as human guinea pigs by firms testing drugs for use in the UK, a People investigation reveals.
Poor families in India put kids up for drug trials carried out for major international companies in return for free medicines.See the full content of this document
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Fatalities in Tests Poorest Families at Risk
When marketed in the West these drugs earn billions.
But 1,725 people including children have died in the past four years after taking part in tests in India - and their families have received pittances in compensation or none at all.Our probe discovered companies paid out the equivalent of just pounds 39 damages for each life lost - as against pounds 300,000 in only one ...See the full content of this document
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