Germany to investigate Western pharm companies over ‘human guinea pig’ drug trials

Russian Times - German authorities are planning to launch an investigation into tens of thousands of patients in former East Germany who were allegedly used for drug trials without their consent “as guinea pigs,” after a media report sparked a wave of outrage.

Previously unpublished documents indicate that at least 50,000 patients, including premature babies, were involved in more than 600 trials at dozens of DDR hospitals until the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, a report published in the German weekly Der Spiegel says.  Read more.