Drug
Clinical Trials
Pharmaceutical companies
are required by the Food
and Drug Administration to
run clinical testing on proposed
drugs (“investigational
new drugs”). Frequently,
a drug company will solicit
people who are afflicted
with the particular condition
that its proposed drug was
created to treat. Clinical
trials vary greatly in size
from a single researcher
in one hospital or clinic
to an international multicenter
study with several hundred
participating researchers,
and the number of patients
can range from as few as
30 to several thousand. The
drug occasionally works as
it was intended, but often
the test subjects who take
the drug during the clinical
testing become sicker, develop
unintended side effects and
may be permanently stricken
or disabled with no hope
of relief. Federal law does
not require the drug companies
or their researchers to compensate
participants harmed in clinical
trials, but consent forms
must explain whether compensation
will be available for research-related
injuries.
Are you seeking
representation for a drug
clinical trial injury? Contact
us for a free consultation
on your drug clinical trial
injury today!
The drug companies often
provide consent forms and
promise to pay for medical
care that is required as
a result of the clinical
testing. But the wording
in these consent forms is
often confusing and vague.
It can be unclear which research
entity or drug company is
responsible for the cost
of subsequent care, how much
that entity will pay and
under what circumstances
it is obligated to pay. When
the volunteer patient is
injured by the drug and files
a claim, the drug company
will often attempt to avoid
responsibility and refer
the patient’s claim
to its legal counsel. Inevitably,
the promises made are broken,
and the volunteer’s
medical condition continues
unabated, often resulting
in substantial medical bills.
Ultimately exhausted from
their condition, the patient
is unable to fight the drug
company to pay for the medical
treatment it originally agreed
to pay for. That is where
we come in. We are experienced
and equipped to handle cases
where an individual has been
injured by a drug company’s clinical
trial. Even if the patient
signed a consent form, these
forms can form the basis
for a successful recovery
for the injury victim’s
medical expenses, which can
mount into significant sums
of money. Sometimes the clinical
drugs end up causing more
damage than what they were
intended to cure. A patient
can be left with a lifetime
of medical costs.
If you or a loved one suffered
injuries from a drug company’s
clinical trial that require
medical treatment, contact
us today.
Are you seeking
representation for a drug
clinical trial injury? Contact
us for a free consultation
on your drug clinical trial
injury today!
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