Forty-nine babies have died in drug tests at…the Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)…The victims were among the 4,142 infants who were used in…clinical trials…since…2006, many for Western companies…Campaign groups have voiced concerns that the poor,…illiterate, parents…do not understand the implications of putting forward children to test new drugs…India has become the leading destination for international pharmaceutical companies to outsource clinical trials…GlaxoSmithKline…and Johnson & Johnson…are the two leading groups engaged in testing new drugs in India…There is no suggestion that either company is involved in the testing that led to the deaths…AIIMS denied any slip in standards. It said that illiterate parents have a document approved by the hospital’s in-house ethics committee read out to them that “outlines the risks and benefits…