Various Types of Clinical Trials being conducted in India

• Trials are on for drug which is indicated for reduction of mortality in adult patients and can be used for sepsis. Clinical Trials have already been held on more than 600 patients for human insulin and insulin. Clinical Trials are being conducted on oncology and developing a new molecule for lung cancer.
• Clinical trials are on 300 patients on a new malaria 'cocktail' drug that combines chloroquine (to which Indian malarial strains have developed resistance) and azithromycin, an antibiotic. Clinical Trials are also being conducted for drugs to treat osteoporosis, breast cancer and schizophrenia.
• Global trials are on in India for treatment of a particular variant of lung cancer. One of the reasons for considering India is that it has a vast patient population infected by this type of lung cancer, which is primarily triggered by use of tobacco products. India is also being considered a prospective site for future clinical trials involving new drugs and therapies for treatment of different variants of blood cancer and colorectal diseases.
• The trials in India are mostly in different areas like oncology, endocrinology, traumatology, sports medicine, pulmonary diseases, paediatric diseases, and infectious diseases.
• The largest Clinical Trial outside US for a drug delivery device has been conducted in India.

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