Author | : Stefan Elbe |
File Size | : 52,8 Mb |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 01 June 2018 |
ISBN | : 9781421425580 |
Pages | : 281 pages |
Pandemics Pills and Politics by Stefan Elbe Book PDF Summary
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