Pandemics, pills, and politics governing global health security

At the heart of this issue, Elbe argues, lies something deeper: the rise of a new molecular vision of life that is reshaping the world we live in.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Elbe, Stefan, 1975- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press [2018]
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.