Scrutiny grows of drug trials abroad. Western pharmaceutical companies are facing intensifying scrutiny over the conduct of clinical trials in developing countries -- an increasingly important source of patients to test new drugs and get them to the market. [News Source]

India loses bird flu-free status (The Hindu) NEW DELHI:Barely three weeks after India declared itself to be free from the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (Bird Flu), the deadly disease showed up in Kamrup district of Assam last week. Consequently, India has notified the World ... [News Source]

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology to Conduct NanoViricides Animal Studies against Bird Flu    (Centre Daily Times) NanoViricides, Inc. (OTC BB: NNVC.OB ) (the "Company"), announced today that they have executed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP). This joint R&D effort will enable AFIP scientists to test the effectiveness of several NanoViricides, Inc. anti-viral nanomedicines against deadly bird flu viruses (H5N1) at their facilities. [News Source]

Bird flu outbreak in India’s Assam state, 40,000 poultry culled (EARTHtimes.org) New Delhi - Authorities in India's north-eastern Assam state culled 40,000 poultry of some 60,000 infected birds ordered to be killed after an outbreak of bird flu in the state, a news report said Monday. Culling operations have been mounted in nearl... [News Source]

High alert in Orissa after bird flu hits Assam (New Kerala) Bhubaneswar, Dec 1 : Orissa government has directed all officials to be on alert and take measures to prevent an outbreak of bird flu in the state after the disease hit areas in Assam, officials said Monday. [News Source]

40,000 poultry culled in Assam after bird flu outbreak (Calcutta News) Authorities in Assam have culled some 40,000 poultry of an estimated 60,000 birds ordered to be killed after an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus in the region, officials Monday said. [News Source]