Romanians are one of the most wanted guinea pigs for the health sector where American companies test their products. In politics these days, ex-PSD leader Mircea Geoana needs to explain his gesture from the past Presidential elections when he visited media mogul Sorin Ovidiu Vantu before the debate with incumbent Basescu. Last but not least, the foreign press points out that the use of gypsie denomination instead of Rroma will damage Romania's plans to join Schengen.
Romanians seem to be one of the most wanted guinea pigs for American companies who seek to test their drugs, Gandul reads on Thursday. Russia, Romania and Thailand are the first top three countries where pharmaceutical companies test their products on humans.
Renowned Romanian dr. Ostin C. Mungiu declared for the newspaper that this happens due to a lax legislation compared to the one existent in the US. He said that the sums companies pay for those who accept to act as guinea pigs are smaller in underdeveloped countries than in the States.
According to the newspaper, in 1990 there were only 271 such tests made abroad while in 2008 the number increased to 6,485 according to data obtained by Vanity Fair. According to the Romanian prof. Ostin C. Mungiu, the sum offered for volunteers varies from country to country and from company to company.
In Germany, 15 years ago,a voluntary would receive 200 German mark for 24 hours of testing.
In politics these days, there is a huge scandal involving former PSD leader Mircea Geoana and his visit to media mogul Sorin Ovidiu Vantu just before the Presidential debate with incumbent Basescu in the last Presidential elections.
Evenimentul Zilei reads that the Social Democrats sanctioned Geoana just with the obligation to explain his gesture within the part. Even though most PSD leaders criticized Geoan
