Activists raise red flag around Bharat Biotech's Covaxin trial in Bhopal

Write to PM and health minister, call for an independent inquiry

Fresh trouble brews for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin trial. A group of activists wrote a letter to Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi and the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, drawing their attention to alleged violations in the Phase-3 clinical trial at a Bhopal site, where most of the volunteers recruited were from communities affected by the Union Carbide gas leak. Activists have requested the PM to stop the trial at the site and conduct an impartial, independent inquiry.

Activists have alleged that the death of a 42-year-old trial subject in Bhopal was not recorded in the minutes of the meeting of