Hello,

We know that ethics is an important but neglected issue in our
country.

When we talk about ethics related to drug development, we have
read many stories about unethical trials conducted in our country.
Interested reader may visit http://www.issuesinmedicalethics.org,
website of indian journal of medical ethics.

Clinicians study new drugs for various objectives — benefit
for patients, to contribute to advances in medical treatment, the
prestige of publication, financial benefits.

But now most aspects of trial from protocol, patient
recruitment rate to analysis of results are under control of
industry.

Also publication rights are also many times with them, all
these increases chances of unethical practices as only positive
results may be published.

Multicentric trials also published singly, trial site
investigators may not have any communication, laboratory standard
may not have followed.

There are also issues with herbal drugs, alternative medicine
trials as allopathic physician not trained/knowledge about active
ingredients.

There is need for ethics in medical practice also as
rational practice is many a times not observed, also associated with
corruption.

Another point in safety of patients in general is OTC drugs.
In our country almost all drugs are OTC. They are not always safe.
So Can't we have rules that OTC products having Improved patient
friendly labels?

As USFDA has given deadline for OTC manufacturers to print
active ingredients, Purpose, Use, Warning and Directions along with
inactive ingredients, I think we also should have such format, along
with necessary picture or local language use for more safer use of
OTC product.

I think i should stop now.

Thanks for patient reading!!

Wishing you good day.


Dr. Yashpal Jadeja
Pg student Pharmacology,
BJ Medical College,
Ahmedabad.