Clinical Research at MENA

The meaning of Clinical Trials for humans has recently changed significantly,"evolved", so to speak. In today's environment, where ethical validity is much morestrictly controlled, this meaning is far beyond "human drug testing" and much closerto the "therapeutic goal". The number of clinical trials in western countries that haveperceived this change has increased rapidly and continues to increase. Althoughthe number of clinical studies in the MENA region is increasing day by day, it is stillfar from its potential. Among the reasons for this are legal, technological, ethical,epidemiological, educational and economic factors. This book presents both thedifficulties encountered in conducting clinical trials in MENA and suggestions forsolving these difficulties.