International trials in middle-income countries: different local scenarios require different ethical approaches

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Research, BUC (Biosciences UAM + CSIC) Program, International Campus of Excellence, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain Rafael.dalre@fuam.uam.es.
² The George Institute of Global Health, New Delhi 110025, India Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK.
³ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
⁴ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi 110001, India.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
⁶ The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia.

Rafael Dal-Ré et al. J R Soc Med. 2016 Feb.

. 2016 Feb;109(2):47-51.

doi: 10.1177/0141076815608854. Epub 2015 Oct 2.

¹ Clinical Research, BUC (Biosciences UAM + CSIC) Program, International Campus of Excellence, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain Rafael.dalre@fuam.uam.es.
² The George Institute of Global Health, New Delhi 110025, India Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK.
³ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
⁴ Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi 110001, India.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
⁶ The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia.

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