Pills, power, and policy : the struggle for drug reform in Cold War America and its consequences / Dominique A. Tobbell.

Berkeley ; London : University of California Press, [2012], ©2012.

xv, 294 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Knowledgeable relations : the building of a pharmaceutical research network -- Workforce relations : the invention of the pharmaceutical post-doctoral fellowship -- Professional relations : crafting the public image of the health care team -- Cold war alliances : Kefauver's bid for pharmaceutical reform -- Expert alliances : creating the drug research board -- Generic alliances and the backlash against regulatory reform.