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BENGALURU: The Health and Family Welfare Department has written to the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), seeking an investigation into alleged unethical clinical trials at Bengaluru-based HCG Hospital, a well-known cancer care hospital chain. The department acted after Justice P Krishna Bhat, former chairperson of the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) at HCG, raised serious concerns and resigned earlier this year. His resignation followed complaints about how clinical trials were bein ...Read More >
Kolkata: The CBI on Wednesday filed a supplementary charge sheet in the 2021 murder case of BJP worker Abhijit Sarkar, who was killed during post-election violence in Kankurgachhi. The charge sheet names Beleghata MLA Paresh Pal, Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillors Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh, along with 15 others.In the FIR, Sarkar's mother Madhabi said that on May 2, 2021, eight persons barged into their house at Narkeldanga around 3 pm and started enquiring about her son. The miscr ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDCSO) has set up a team to inspect the ethics committee of HCG Hospital, Bengaluru, amid concerns over conduct of clinical trials at the private facility. The inspection will take place Thursday and Friday.The decision follows a letter from K Srinivas, commissioner of food safety and drug administration, to CDCSO, pointing to potential violations in trial conduct that could affect patient safety, regulatory compliance and institutiona ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jul 2 (PTI) Bengaluru-headquartered Health Care Global Enterprises Limited (HCG) on Wednesday denied allegations of unfair trials at its facility, claiming that it is successfully conducting a significant number of clinical trials with utmost transparency and prioritising patient safety, approved by its Ethics Committee. The development came after Justice P Krishna Bhat (Retd), former chairperson of the Institutional ethics committee of HCG, levelled allegations following which the K ...Read More >
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