Pandemics, Pills, and Politics : Governing Global Health Security /
Stefan Elbe.
- 1 online resource (280 pages).
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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.
Open Access
9781421428772
Gesundheitspolitik Sicherheitspolitik Global Governance World health. Science and state. Public health--Social aspects. Medical policy. Influenza--Research. Influenza--Prevention. Drugs--Research. Technology and state. POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare. POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security. MEDICAL--Public Health. Politique scientifique et technique. Medicaments--Recherche. Politique sanitaire. Sante mondiale. Sociologie de la sante. Pharmaceutical Research Influenza, Human--drug therapy Security Measures--trends Health Policy Global Health Technology and state. Science and state. Drugs--Research. Influenza--Prevention. Influenza--Research. Medical policy. World health. Public health--Social aspects.