Henri

Today, Henri would have been 95 years old.

Twenty years ago, his life was cut short while participating in a clinical study. Henri was what the drug industry calls a “normal healthy volunteer”—yet just 10 days into a bioequivalence trial at a test facility in Montreal, he suddenly collapsed and died.

His story is one of many that reveal the hidden human cost of research. It also inspired me to write "Ethics on Trial – Protecting Humans in Canada’s Broken Research System" (Dundurn Press, 2025).

Learn more about Henri and others whose experiences demand our attention: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/ethics-on-trial-protecting-humans-in-canadas-broken-research-system/9781459755970.html .