Pills, power, and policy the struggle for drug reform in Cold War America and its consequences
Since the 1950s, the American pharmaceutical industry has been heavily criticized for its profit levels, the high cost of prescription drugs, drug safety problems, and more, yet it has, together with the medical profession, staunchly and successfully opposed regulation.Pills, Power, and Policyoffers...
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University of California Press
2011
Berkeley Millbank Memorial Fund Univ. of California Press |
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| Schriftenreihe: | California/Milbank books on health and the public |
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| ISBN: | 9780520271135, 0520271130, 0520271149, 9780520271142, 0520952421, 9780520952423 |
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- Pills, power, and policy : the struggle for drug reform in Cold War America and its consequences -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Pharmaceutical Politics, Then and Now -- Part I: Forging Pharmaceutical Relations -- 1. Knowledgeable Relations: The Building of a Pharmaceutical Research Network -- 2. Workforce Relations: The Invention of the Pharmaceutical Postdoctoral Fellowship -- 3. Professional Relations: Crafting the Public Image of the Health Care Team -- Part II: Allied Against Reform -- 4. Cold War Alliances: Kefauver’s Bid for Pharmaceutical Reform -- 5. Expert Alliances: The Creation of the Drug Research Board -- 6. Generic Alliances and the Backlash against Regulatory Reform -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Front Matter Table of Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: 1: Knowledgeable Relations: 2: Workforce Relations: 3: Professional Relations: 4: Cold War Alliances: 5: Expert Alliances: 6: Generic Alliances and the Backlash against Regulatory Reform Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
- Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Pharmaceutical Politics, Then and Now PART I: FORGING PHARMACEUTICAL RELATIONS 1. Knowledgeable Relations: The Building of a Pharmaceutical Research Network 2. Workforce Relations: The Invention of the Pharmaceutical Postdoctoral Fellowship 3. Professional Relations: Crafting the Public Image of the Health Care Team PART II: ALLIED AGAINST REFORM 4. Cold War Alliances: Kefauver’s Bid for Pharmaceutical Reform 5. Expert Alliances: The Creation of the Drug Research Board 6. Generic Alliances and the Backlash against Regulatory Reform Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index Contents Cover Title Page. Series Page, Copyright, Dedication
- Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Pharmaceutical Politics, Then and Now -- Part I: Forging Pharmaceutical Relations -- 1. Knowledgeable Relations: The Building of a Pharmaceutical Research Network -- 2. Workforce Relations: The Invention of the Pharmaceutical Postdoctoral Fellowship -- 3. Professional Relations: Crafting the Public Image of the Health Care Team -- Part II: Allied Against Reform -- 4. Cold War Alliances: Kefauver's Bid for Pharmaceutical Reform -- 5. Expert Alliances: The Creation of the Drug Research Board -- 6. Generic Alliances and the Backlash against Regulatory Reform -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Acknowledgments --
- 3. Professional Relations: Crafting the Public Image of the Health Care Team --
- 5. Expert Alliances: The Creation of the Drug Research Board --
- Part II: Allied against Reform --
- Contents --
- Epilogue --
- Index
- Foreword --
- Part I: Forging Pharmaceutical Relations --
- 6. Generic Alliances and the Backlash against Regulatory Reform --
- 4. Cold War Alliances: Kefauver’s Bid for Pharmaceutical Reform --
- Frontmatter --
- Notes --
- 2. Workforce Relations: The Invention of the Pharmaceutical Postdoctoral Fellowship --
- Bibliography --
- Introduction: Pharmaceutical Politics, Then and Now --
- 1. Knowledgeable Relations: The Building of a Pharmaceutical Research Network --