DRUG TEST CENTRE
Firms Pledge Control (NX. Press Assil—CepirteM) LONDON, January » A £<o,ooo “wwtahdog” centre te to bo sta up to Britain to prevent a repetetton of the titaMonrida drug, tragedy, fi>e < ‘'B»aning Stradacd” i(ported. New da* wuuid ba screened for aafrty by a panel of experts at the °*So*wo«ad scores of medicines already cn the market. Each firm bad ai*red a ptedge ft wutad not martite a new drag until ft had been vetted by the experts. Tbe centre wouid ba governed by five trustees appointed from leading profsssora of medteine and preridenta of <the royal ctetegea. and an independent cosrentitee of seven doctors and leasercb scientists. The writer arid before a new drug want on cUnteal trial, full details of testa for toxtey would be sent to the centre by the mansriaokurera. Evidence of the drag’a chemical action on animals and humans would later be provided. The centre then would decide whether the drug was safe and whether enough tests bad been applied
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30038, 24 January 1963, Page 4
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165DRUG TEST CENTRE Press, Volume CII, Issue 30038, 24 January 1963, Page 4
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