(1) Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada
Abstract:
Recruitment of healthy children for drugresearch has emerged due in part to several newAmerican laws and policies that have led to asurge in pharmaceutical research involvingchildren-subjects. In this paper, I review theethical and scientific issues and the argumentsin favor and against this new practice.