Unhealthy Pharmaceutical Regulation [electronic resource] : Innovation, Politics and Promissory Science /
Davis, C.author.
Abraham, J.author.
This is the first book to examine how effectively American and supranational EU governments have regulated innovative pharmaceuticals during the last 30 years regarding public health. It explains why pharmaceutical regulation has been misdirected by commercial interests and misconceived ideologies.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The Health of a Political System; 1 Putting Pharmaceutical Regulation to the Test: From Historical Description to a Social Science for Public Health; 2 The Political Economy of 'Innovative' Drug Regulation in the Neo-liberal Era; 3 Designs on Diabetes Drugs; 4 Desperate Regulation for Desperate Cancer Patients: The Unmet Needs of Accelerated Drug Approval
5 The Making of a Harmful 'Therapeutic Breakthrough': Crossing Regulatory Boundaries for Drug Approval6 The Regulatory Science and Politics of Risk Management: Who Is Being Protected?; 7 Conclusions and Policy Implications; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is the first book to examine how effectively American and supranational EU governments have regulated innovative pharmaceuticals during the last 30 years regarding public health. It explains why pharmaceutical regulation has been misdirected by commercial interests and misconceived ideologies.
Pharmacology.
Social medicine.
Social policy.
Political sociology.
Public health.
Pharmaceutical technology.
Pharmacology/Toxicology.
Medical Sociology.
Social Policy.
Political Sociology.
Public Health.
Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.