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Tuskegee study.
THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT BEGAN IN 1932. THERE WAS NO CURE FOR SYPHILLIS AT
THE TIME. 600 AFRICAN AMERICAM MEN WERE PROMISED
FREE HEALTHCARE IF THEY VOLUNTEED. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO
DETERMINE WHETHER PENICILLIN COULD PREVENT NOT JUST CURE
SYPHILLIS.
Elixir Sulfanilamide.
ON 4TH APRIL 2001 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL ENACTED DIRECTIVE
2001/20/EC WHICH HAD TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE NATIONAL LAW OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES
BY MAY 2004. ITS AIM WAS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF CLINICAL TROIALS AND
TO ASSURE THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF TRIAL SUBJECTS.