But a lower share in the global drug trial component has not resulted in lesser mortality of human volunteers involved in such trials in India.
On an average, 10 persons have died every week in clinical trials in the country over the past four years.
Between 2008 and 2011, 2,031 deaths were reported during drug trials in India, forcing the government to set up committees for review of the existing clinical trial approval mechanisms.
Mortality rates have remained consistently high despite the public outcry against this trend, with 438 deaths being reported in 2011, preceded by 668 in 2010, 637 in 2009 and 228 in 2008.
The death rate -- more than one person everyday -
