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State of clinical research ethics in Pakistan

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The News item1 published in your July issue discusses the potential problems with performing clinical research in developing countries. Although the article focuses on Africa, the issues are also relevant elsewhere, including in South Asia, particularly in light of the growing trend of outsourcing trials to that region2.

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