A US vaccine manufacturer has come up with a novel way to tempt young people to test its drugs: free holidays to Mexico.
Intercell is offering free flights and hotel accommodation up to the value of £1,400 to 900 volunteers who are prepared to test a remedy for one of the most common holiday afflictions – travellers' diarrhoea.
In the "Trek Study", willing backpackers who develop travellers diarrhoea will be paid to attend a clinic and injected with a new agent to see how they react, the Independent reports.
Volunteers will stay in three-star hotels but can choose where they go and what they eat and drink, provided they do not stray more than three hours' travelling time from one of the centres in Mexico or Guatemala where they are required to attend for blood tests and to provide stool samples if they develop an upset stomach.
A second study is planned of travellers to India.
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