Is it unethical to experiment with AIDS medication in Africa free of charge to the people of Africa?
As most of you know Africa is over run by AIDS. If a company like pfizer goes into africa to test medication on people infected with AIDS is it unethical? Without medication, these people will most likely die anyway, so this has at least the chance to give them a fighting chance. The reason i ask this is that i need to develope a business plan for school for a US based firm that is looking to go abroad. I figured this would be a good idea beacuse if any of the meds worked, they could bring them back to the US and charge a premium. A: It would not be unethical to do this as long as informed consent was exercised, meaning that the researchers would have to explain the drug trial to each patient who they would administer any experimental treatment to and make sure that each patient understood all of the risks and benefits associated with the trial, specifically the fact that some patients may be given a plaecebo-and would therefore receive no treatment at all. As long as the above is foll
