CLINICAL TRIALS IN INDIA: TRAINED DOCTOR

 

Highly skilled manpower is needed to conduct clinical trials and is the most crucial factor while carrying out a clinical trial.

 

Let us compare and relate the manpower in the potential countries.

India comes at the first place in terms of education and trained doctors when compared with US and China.

The doctors of India are always in demand all over the world because of high standard of medical education in the country. Also, these doctors are trained to cure a wide range of diseases. Trained manpower is the key to success for Indian clinical research organizations.

 

India has become a part of IPR regime and has passed the patent act. The academy of clinical excellence has added to the points of India's capability to conduct clinical trials. Moreover, doctors are well trained as per CDSO/GCP guidelines too.

 

The 2005 amendment to the schedule Y of drug and cosmetic act is taking India towards acceptance of ICH guidelines for clinical research.

 

China in this context is still in the developing stage for the regulatory issues and the trained manpower lags behind India. Moreover, the common language spoken is Chinese and not English. This is a major drawback for China.

US equals India in terms of education and qualified doctors, but the points for skilled labor still go in the lap of India.