Pandemics, pills, and politics : governing global health security / Stefan Elbe.

  • Elbe, Stefan, 1975-
Date:
2018
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Publication/Creation

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.

Physical description

xiv, 261 pages ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-253) and index.

Contents

Encapsulating security : pharmaceutical defenses against biological danger -- Discovering a virus's achilles heel : flu fighting at molecular scale -- The pill always wins: Gilead Sciences, Roche and the birth of Tamiflu -- What a difference a day makes : the margin call for regulatory agencies -- Virtual blockbuster : bird flu and the pandemic of preparedness planning -- In the eye of the storm : global access, generics and intellectual property -- 'Ode to Tamiflu' : side effects, teenage 'suicides' and corporate liabilities -- Data backlash : Roche and Cochrane square up over clinical trial data -- 'To boldly go ... ' : pharmaceutical enterprises and global health security -- Epilogue : pharmaceuticals, security and molecular life.

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    History of Medicine
    JO.0.AA10
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  • 9781421425580
  • 1421425580