Wired is reporting that a lot of medical research firms are using India’s poor as a hot test bed.
From the article: “The sudden influx of drug companies to India resembles the gold rush frontier, according to Sean Philpott, managing editor of The American Journal of Bioethics. ‘Not only are research costs low, but there is a skilled work force to conduct the trials'”
Time for Indians lawyers to start making some money out of this. Only way to add some value to Indian lives.
Reminds me of a hoarding I saw for MTV India when Colin Powell was visiting India some years back. It said, “Tell us Mr. Powell, how many American lives are equal to an Indian life?”