The outsourcing trend has started to blossom big time with clinical drug trials. Since the only reason to outsource that I'm aware of is to save money (open to hearing other ideas), I'm naturally suspicious that this does not spell good news for inhabitants of these other countries. I take the point of this article, that there are currently no widespread ethical concerns with this practice but if history of how we do our business in developing countries is any indicator, something funky is happening, we just don't know it yet. And, as we know when the Heparin hit the fan here and in China, the FDA's global reach is virtually non-existent. I'm staying tuned on this one.
Moving to more weighty subjects, internet radio station Pandora really wants me to listen to Imogen Heap and Frou Frou. I happily oblige.
Here's Heap's trance-y Come Here Boy
Here's FrouFrou with Breathe In
Finally, this picture made me nearly ill from teh cuteness:
TGIF, reader.
