Op-Ed: Drug Testing, Drug Hazards

September 20, 2006

A clinical trial that went badly awry at London’s Northwick Park Hospital in March became the drug-testing community’s worst nightmare. Six healthy volunteers ended up in intensive care after each received the first injection of a new drug called TGN1412, a highly purified antibody intended as a treatment for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. (TCS Daily)