Pandemics, pills, and politics governing global health security / Stefan Elbe.

Author/creator Elbe, Stefan, 1975-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2018]
Descriptionxiv, 261 pages ; 23 cm
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-253) and index.
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LCCN 2017043199
ISBN9781421425580 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1421425580 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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