Very bad way to make some cash!!!

[rynnor]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4807042.stm

Sounds nasty - everyone who took the drug is now in intensive care - all Australians oddly...

 

[Tom]

Nothing odd about that. Lots of people work over here on student visas, tax free.

 

[dysfunction]

Terrible thing to happen really...

I thought about volunteering for clincal trials but thought better of it.

Who knows what the long term effects of the drugs they give you will be. £150 a day doesn't seem worth it to me....

 

[ECA]

I'll take £150/day to test their placebos lol

 

[Gat_Decor]

I'd want £150 to endure Placebo

 

[Tom]

One can only hope that they're all PETA members.

 

[rynnor]

One can only hope that they're all PETA members.

Why? This drug was animal tested before it went to humans - the poor sods on the test were just young n poor - perfect to be exploited by a drug company...

 

[xane]

the poor sods on the test were just young n poor - perfect to be exploited by a drug company...

One of the critically ill is 28 and runs a bar, the test paid £2000.

Yeah, exploited.

 

[dysfunction]

And they bloody well volunteered!!! You cant be exploiting someone if they choose to do this! They know the risks, they sign a waiver form etc etc etc...

Saying that aparantly we are the Insurer for the drug company and we are expecting to pay claims on this accident...

Hopefully the poor sods will get better and a nice payout from the drug company courtesy of the Insurance company.

 

[Tom]

Why? This drug was animal tested before it went to humans - the poor sods on the test were just young n poor - perfect to be exploited by a drug company...

Exploited my arse. They were paid money. They were very likely made aware of the risks.

If the drug company has done anything wrong, it'll be discovered and suitable recompense offered.

Or would you rather the first time a drug was tested was when you needed the aid that such drugs were designed to offer?

 

[Calaen]

There is a guy on the BBC saying that he has made as much as 13k a year doing tests as a second job, hardly stupid.

 

[JBP|]

Maybe the drug companies should make prospective testers watch Firestarter before they sign up?

 

[rynnor]

Exploited my arse. They were paid money. They were very likely made aware of the risks.

If the drug company has done anything wrong, it'll be discovered and suitable recompense offered.

Dont you wonder why an American drug company is carrying out the initial high risk tests in the UK rather than the US?

You can still be paid and yet be exploited - ever heard of prostitution?

In the UK the company can stop people being able to sue in such a situation - if they get a payout its entirely at the option of the drugs company - no doubt they'll get something but it will be a lot less than they'd get in court.

 

[tRoG]

Why on earth should they get compensation?

They were paid to test the drugs, to see if there were any side effects. There were; tough titties.

 

[Tom]

Dont you wonder why an American drug company is carrying out the initial high risk tests in the UK rather than the US?

You can still be paid and yet be exploited - ever heard of prostitution?

In the UK the company can stop people being able to sue in such a situation - if they get a payout its entirely at the option of the drugs company - no doubt they'll get something but it will be a lot less than they'd get in court.

Perhaps because we don't have a stupid culture of "oh noes I banged my shin on that bus stop, I'll sue!"

Prostitution is illegal in this country, so thats a silly thing to say.

The people doing the test will likely get compensation if the drug company didn't follow the rather strict guidelines there undoubtedly are on drug testing. If they did everything right, and what happened was an unfortunate 'incident', then they have no moral or legal obligation whatsoever to compensate these people.

Its called 'accepting the risk'.

 

[xane]

Dont you wonder why an American drug company is carrying out the initial high risk tests in the UK rather than the US?

The drug was developed by a German company, the American company is a clinical trial organisation, quite often clinical trials are carried out in several different countries anyway.

The UK is one of the major centres of this type of drug research, I know this because this class of drug was used to treat my wife's cancer, it is not surprising that drugs of this type are tested here.

This sounds like a Phase I trial which is risky and often is expected to result in side effects, although not this severe, that's why it pays well. It is no more risky than a stuntman, soldier or a security guard, you wouldn't consider them exploited if something went badly wrong.