Science, Politics And The Pharmaceutical Industry - Controversy And Bias In Drug Regulation (Paperback)

Drug disasters from Thalidomide to Opren, and other less dramatic cases of drug injury, raise questions about whether the testing and control of medicines provides satisfactory protection for the public. In this revealing study, John Abrahan develops a theoretically challenging realist approach, in order to probe deeply into the work of scientists in the pharmaceutical industry and governmental drug regulatory authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. Through the examination of contemporary controversial case studies, he exposes how the commercial interest of drug manufacturers are consistently given the benefit of the scientific doubts about medicine safety and effectiveness, over and above the best interests of patients. A highly original combination of philosophical rigour, historical sensitivity and empirical depth enables the "black box" of industrial and government science to be opened up to critical scrutiny much more than in previous social scientific study. All major aspects of drug testing and regulation are considered, including pre-clinical animal tests, clinical trials and postmarketing surveillance of adverse drug reactions. The author argues that drug regulators are

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1995
First published:	1995
Authors:	John Abraham University of Reading • Abraham John
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-85728-200-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research
LSN:	1-85728-200-0
Barcode:	9781857282009

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