Underwriter Warns Of Biotech Risks

NU Online News Service, May 29, 12:57 p.m. EST?Improper and inadequate procedures governing biotechnology companies' drug testing are exposing many of them to lawsuits, a New Jersey underwriter is warning.

"Inadequate informed consent forms, improper recruitment of test subjects, and potential conflicts of interest between clinical investigators and business partners leave many U.S. and Canadian biotechnology companies exposed to clinical trials litigation," according to Frank Goudsmit, a life sciences underwriting manager at Chubb & Son in Warren, N.J.

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