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Explain why you would agree with Irene Hirons?

Irene Hirons, senior researcher at the center for Research on Multinational Corporations. We are a critical, independent, not-for-profit knowledge center on multinationals. the pharmaceutical industry has taken advantage of the poverty and medical vulnerability of people in the developing world in order to maximize their profits. The drug companies often come to these countries because they believe the Institutional Review Boards and Ethics Committees will be more lenient than in North America and Europe. Because of language barriers and low levels of literacy in some countries, it is difficult to ensure that participants fully understand the risks and consequences of the drug trial. How do you feel about Bioethics?