Companies would also quickly find the cheapest country to do trials in - and we can only wonder what would make it cheaper to run trials in one country vs. anot

Companies would also quickly find the cheapest country to do trials in - and we can only wonder what would make it cheaper to run trials in one country vs. another. Less infrastructure, less government red tape, fewer regulations? Someplace far from watchful eyes? Fiction, obviously, but there was a John Le Carre novel where a evil drug company did secret trials in an African country because it was easier to cover up the deaths of participants.