Is it morally right to conduct drug trials on unsuspecting, desperate human subjects at the expense of human dignity? The answers is no! Irrespective of the fact that the subjects are desperate, poverty stricken and most of them illiterate they should be treated with respect. Kants theory states that morality should be the supreme principle that guides human actions and behavior (Sullivan, 1989). Shah states that one executive involved in carrying out drug trials in Asia once said that sick people in developing countries are more than willing to be subjects in experimental drug studies because they are sick and highly trust medical professionals (Shah, 2005). The aforementioned traits exhibited by sick people in developing countries make them ideal human subjects for pharmaceutical companies drug trials. Shah asserts that pharmaceutical companies are successfully conducting their drug trials in developing countries because sick people in those countries are abundant, desperate and trust medical professionals. Shah asserts that it is morally wrong for large pharmaceutical companies to conduct most of their drug trials in developing counties. Some human subjects die during the drug trials (Meirelles et al., 2006). Justin is murdered in the course of his investigations. After Tessas death, Justin, Tessas boyfriend becomes interested in Tessas drug trials investigations. Tessa is raped and murdered after she starts to investigate what she suspects is a dangerous drug study that has potential cause death. After being released from hospital, Tessa starts to investigate the study being done on the Africans with regard to the new tuberculosis drug. While in hospital, pregnant Tessa befriends a girl whose health is deteriorating courtesy of being a human subject in the drug trials. In the movie, Tessa is a political activist who does medical outreach work in Kibera, the largest slum in Sub- Saharan Africa. Breach of medical ethics in using human subjects for the drug trials is fuelled by high level of corruption between Kenyan government officials and the pharmaceutical company executives. The pharmaceutical company is conducting tests for a new tuberculosis drug called Dypraxa. In the The Constant Gardener movie, a global pharmaceutical company is conducting experimental drug testing on unsuspecting, poverty stricken Africans (Kenyans in particular).

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