we told former fda commissioner david kessler what we learned about india's drug research industry. >, a real problem that's only go to increase. >> and kessler says the problem is not just with foreign drug testing, something we discovered with that new jersey review board approved or plan to test a drug identical to vioxx on humans. >> this is as much an issue sometimes in the united states. don't feel that there's no problem here at home. >> with all the holes we found until the drug safety net, from the review board in new jersey to the research companies in india, can we still be confident that the medicines we take are properly tested and safe? the pharmaceutical industry's lead trade group declined to talk to us, but in the past it's called the u.s. drug approval process second to none. doug peddicord the director of the association also defends the industry's track record. >> concerns notwithstanding on the whole the clinical research enterprise is amazingly safe and amazingly productive. >> peddicord says there's stootoo much at stake for the industry to tolerate unethical tr

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