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Author:
Elbe, Stefan, 1975- author.
Title:
Pandemics, pills, and politics : governing global health security / Stefan Elbe.
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
xiv, 261 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Public health--Social aspects.
World health.
Medical policy.
Influenza--Research.
Influenza--Prevention.
Drugs--Research.
Science and state.
Global Health.
Health Policy.
Security Measures--trends.
Influenza, Human--drug therapy.
Pharmaceutical Research.
MEDICAL / Public Health.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references 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.
ISBN:
1421425580
9781421425580
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1004206714
LCCN:
2017043199
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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