Western Pharmaceutical Trials: Patients Misused as Guinea Pigs in East Germany

Western Pharmaceutical Trials: Patients Misused as Guinea Pigs in East Germany: Prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany sold patients as unwitting guinea pigs in drug trials conducted on behalf of Western pharmaceutical companies, according to a TV documentary. Journalists have spoken to former patients and their relatives and unearthed official documents proving secret collusion between the East and West.