Big Pharma Companies Are Exploiting The World s Poor
Human Lab Rats (2013): Big pharmaceutical companies are increasingly outsourcing clinical trials to developing countries to create new medicine. Taking advantage of relaxed regulation, it s the world s poorest who are paying the price. For similar stories, see: US Addiction Epidemic Fuelled By Pharma Corporations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs4vAPnIWxc Cry For Aids Drugs - South Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i91Z0HtBNGM Why Big-Pharma Fails In Africa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Ysq7XxKRo Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/film/5975/human-lab-rats Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures "I don t like coming here where my son is buried. He would be five now", says Suzana. Her three-month-old baby died along with thirteen others in a clinical trial by British lab GSK. With a population of 41 million, Argentina has become the preferred destination for drug testing, where a third of the population depend on free healthcare. "They were so pushy; they would harass people until they accepted to take part in the trial", says paediatrician Leandro Gamba. While some of the most powerful pharmaceutical companies benefit, victims and their families receive no explanation, compensation or justice when things go wrong. "There is no law, no national agency, no controls." Wild Angle Productions – Ref. 5975 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world s most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world s top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you ll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.
