drug trials

[PEATBOG]

what do you think? - Although I feel 'sorry' for Ryan Wilson - I am surprised that he is going to clain compensation from the drug company..

"He is chasing compensation from drug test company Parexel and the manufacturer TeGenero. He said he was told the only side-effects would be nausea and headaches"

It was his decision to take the trial.....

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[dyli795]

It's an awful thing that's happened, but I'd be amazed if before the trial he didn't sign a water tight disclaimer leaving him not a leg to stand on as they say.

[Alibobs]

It is an awful thing but he was happy to take the money - as dyli says I'm sure there must be a water tight disclaimer anyway. There is a risk when doing these trials - otherwise they wouldn't have to do them.

Ryan Wilson should count his blessings that he is alive

[willspal]

I don't know why so many people have a problem with people making money from Drug trials. Do people really think it would be done for free. Whats �2,000 in this day and age anyway considering what drug companies do make in terms of profits. I don't see it any worse than people selling kiss and tell to newspapers and getting hundreds and thousands of pounds for it.

Lets be honest, if you could make a quick �2,000 would you really say no. I bet these people never in a hundred years thought it would go as badly wrong as it did. My Brother has done drug trials for Rehus Negative blood but he did not get paid for it, he only had to give blood on a regular basis so not really high risk but if he got a couple of hundred for that would it really be seen as so very wrong and greedy of him.

I hope they do get a set limit of compensation but not millions of pounds. Maybe �10,000 or something like that.

[youngmafbog]

It should really depend on whether or not the drug companies acted irresponsibly or negligently.

Obvioulsy anyone taking part in drugs trials should be aware there is a risk, however if there is any inkling that the drug company thought there may be deadly side effects then I would have thought compensation was in order.

Otherwise I'm afraid its really one to put down so others can learn a lesson from it.

Very sad though and could ultimately put back drug trialling of some very useful drugs of course.

[dyli795]

I don't have a problem with anyone making money from drugs tests willspal, as long as it isn't me.

The nearest I ever came to this is when I asked one chap what happened to his arm to have that big plaster on it (about 6inch by 4) "Oh nothing, I'm testing out some skin creams for a drugs company". "Let's have a look then" says I. He pealed the plaster back to reveal five or six strips of areas of skin in various states of metamorphisis, or decay or somthing strange anyway!

I asked him was it worth it and he said "Well it's the money isn't it?"

I couldn't help thinking to myself , You must love money with all your heart and soul mate.

Anyway just how poor can a student be when he's a Swedish national at university in Sweden?

[netibiza]

I always thought that they were paid so that if it went wrong the company was covered. After all, that's what they are testing for isn't it.

[dyli795]

No netibiza, the testing is so they can evalute the results. The money is, well, it's just money innit? We don't have to test that, we already know.

[dyli795]

I wonder is there a test for am I going mad and how much it would cost.

[jason1980]

I personally think its wrong of him to claim compo for drug testing, because as awful as his condition was, nobody can guarantee that in a new drugs trial everyone will be fine, he put himself up as a human guinee pig. And should accept it went horribly wrong and try to move on from it and put people off from becoming guinee pigs for little amounts of money.

Drugs companies do tests to help save human lives. He will probably be draining money resources for new superdrus or something if he wins.

[newtron]

He was not the only one. Six of the volunteers who were given the drug became severely ill. Two of them are still in critical condition. See here. Some are questioning why all of them were given the drug at the same time. I think they should be compensated. That is the responsible thing for the drug company to do and they have plenty of money. So, if you were experimenting on somebody and they were severely harmed, could you honestly say " Oh well, you volunteered. You knew there was a risk. Tough luck!". I couldn't. I also think volunteers for trials should be paid. They are volunteering their time and providing a valuable service for the company.

[alijangra]

Im sorry but they knew the risks and decided to opt for the cash instead. The drug company is not at fault, nobody is, its just an unfortunate event. Its terrible what happened, but they all took a calculated risk. I would not, for any amount of cash, ingest a chemical not knowing how it would affect me. The lure of making a quick buck made them risk their own personal safety.

[newtron]

Alijangra, but you will gladly take a drug after it has been proven to be safe. The drugs have to be tested on somebody. voluteers for drug trials should be treated as employees, and therefore should be protected and compensated if something goes wrong. In fact, they are valuable employees. If it weren't for these volunteers, the drug companies couldn't sell their drugs.

[kovac]

All will be revealed in due course. If the drug company didn't do things by the book, they will end up paying compensation to the wounded parties. If however, all was above board, then the signed disclaimer will be enough to settle the argument.

[dyli795]

newtron, i know this may sound sinical, but re. your entry and "I couldn't" maybe that's why you and I aren't zillionare drug company owners.... (?)

[libertie]

As someone who has to take prescribed drugs every day I'm personally indebted to the people who take part in drug trials paid or not! Thanks to them drug companies can warn people beforehand of the likely side effects of some medicines which enables many of us to make informed decisions about the treatment we opt for!

[hal]

jason - 'drug companies do tests to help save human lives'? They do tests in order to make huge amounts of money in profits. Lets be clear - this was a commercial transaction - on both sides. He got paid, they stood to make big bucks if the drug works. The company should have had sufficient cash or insurance cover (and according to recent reports it doesn't) to be able to provide compensation if things go horrible wrong, as they did in this case.

[mimififi]

my brother in law works in this line of business and the media reporting that this drug trial went wrong is not actually true.

This drug trial was the first in the round of human trials. This drug had never been given to humans before and befoer they go to trial, the drug company has to go through so many hoops to get to this stage.

When they start testing, the people who are doing the tested get paid handsomely for it, but have to sign documentation that they understand that this is an untested drug and the company can't possibly know for sure what kind of effect it will have. The candidates are pampared in the extreme in the unit and have literally everything they could desire while on trial, all they have to do is have the medicine and allow the doctors to take all their fluids that come out of them.

The candidates (though unfortunate) would have signed a mandate stating they understood the risks.

The drug trial could not 'go wrong' it was a trial, they wanted to see if it would have any harmful effects. The trial went right. They found out loads about it.

if they had not done this, they could have been sitting on a cure for arthritis for all they knew and never knew because it hadn't been tested. hence the point of testing.

That being said, I do feel for the candidates and I hope they will go on to make as best recovery as they can.