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Elbe, Stefan, 1975-

Pandemics, Pills, and Politics Governing Global Health Security / Stefan Elbe. - 1 online resource (p.) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

ISBN: 9781421428772

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pharmaceutical Research
Influenza, Human--drug therapy
Security Measures--trends
Health Policy
Global Health

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: RA418

Dewey Class. No.: 362.1