Full Description
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.
Contents
1. Putting Pharmaceutical Regulation to the Test: 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 5. The Making of a Harmful 'Therapeutic Breakthrough' 6. The Regulatory Science and Politics of Risk Management 7. Conclusions and Policy Implications
