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The FDA's lax oversight of research in developing countries can do harm to vulnerable participants

  • Written by C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
imageNearly 80% of participants in FDA-reviewed research trials live in foreign countries.Bet_Noire/iStock via Getty Images

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