Clinical Trial Deaths: Top Countries and New Drug Guinea Pig Patients

India is just one of many developing countries used by leading Western pharmaceutical companies, which spent £40bn in 2010 on research and development. Globally, it is estimated around 120,000 trials are taking place in 178 countries.

India

1. 668 deaths were reported in 2010
2. 438 in 2011
3. 211 deaths till June 2012

In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said a total of 1,954 persons died from 2009 till June 2012 due to “serious adverse events of death” in clinical trials.

1. South Korea – 2,861
2. China – 2,520
3. Taiwan – 2,367
4. Brazil – 2,521
5. Russia – 1,776
6. India – 1,727
7. Mexico – 1,488
8. South Africa – 1,346
9. Argentina – 1,223
10. Puerto Rico – 1,231
11. Thailand – 958
12. Turkey – 893
13. Romania (876)
14. Ukraine – 722
15. Chile – 663
16. Peru (494)
17. Phillipines – 487
18. Iran – 387
19. Egypt – 274
20. Uganda – 163
21. Malawi (61)
22. Kazakhstan (15)

The Global Gender Gap 2011 Rankings – Top 20

Thanks: http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-2011/

India

Gender Gap Index 2011 Rank (out of 135 countries)
#113
Score (0.00 = inequality, 1.00 = equality)
0.619

Key Indicators
Total population (millions) 1,170.94
Population growth (%) 1.34
GDP (US$ billions) 971.49
GDP (PPP) per capita 3,240

The Global Gender Gap 2011 Rankings – Top 20
Country	2011	Score*	2010	Change
Iceland	1	85.3%	1	0	→
Norway	2	84.0%	2	0	→
Finland	3	83.8%	3	0	→
Sweden	4	80.4%	4	0	→
Ireland	5	78.3%	6	1	↑
New Zealand	6	78.1%	5	-1	↓
Denmark	7	77.8%	7	0	→
Philippines	8	76.9%	9	1	↑
Lesotho	9	76.7%	8	-1	↓
Switzerland	10	76.3%	10	0	→
Germany	11	75.9%	13	2	↑
Spain	12	75.8%	11	-1	↓
Belgium	13	75.3%	14	1	↑
South Africa	14	74.8%	12	-2	↓
Netherlands	15	74.7%	17	2	↑
United Kingdom	16	74.6%	15	-1	↓
United States	17	74.1%	19	2	↑
Canada	18	74.1%	20	2	↑
Latvia	19	74.0%	18	-1	↓
Cuba	20	73.9%	24	4	↑
* Scores produced on zero-to-one scale and can be roughly interpreted as percentage of gender gap that has been closed.

Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustLaw Poll results on The worst and best G20 countries for women

Full coverage: G20women.trust.org

 

1. Canada
2. Germany
3. Britain
4. Australia
5. France
6. United States
7. Japan
8. Italy
9. Argentina
10. South Korea
11. Brazil
12. Turkey
13. Russia
14. China
15. Mexico
16. South Africa
17. Indonesia
18. Saudi Arabia
19. India

Top Indian MBA List: QS Global 200 Asia-Pacific Business Schools

Thanks: http://www.topmba.com/articles/qs-global-200-business-schools-report-2012

1. IIM, Ahmedabad
2. INSEAD, Singapore
3. Melbourne Business School, Univ of Melbourne
4. NUS Business Scholl, Singapore
5. China Europe International Business School
6. IIM, Kolkata
7. Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru
8. Indian School of Business
9. SP Jain Institute of Management and Research
10. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

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