Unhealthy Pharmaceutical Regulation

1. Introduction: The Health of a Political System
Courtney Davis, John Abraham

2. Putting Pharmaceutical Regulation to the Test: From Historical Description to a Social Science for Public Health
Courtney Davis, John Abraham

3. The Political Economy of ‘Innovative’ Drug Regulation in the Neo-Liberal Era
Courtney Davis, John Abraham

4. Designs on Diabetes Drugs
Courtney Davis, John Abraham

5. Desperate Regulation for Desperate Cancer Patients: The Unmet Needs of Accelerated Drug Approval
Courtney Davis, John Abraham

6. The Making of a Harmful ‘Therapeutic Breakthrough’: Crossing Regulatory Boundaries for Drug Approval
Courtney Davis, John Abraham

7. The Regulatory Science and Politics of Risk Management: Who Is Being Protected?
Courtney Davis, John Abraham

8. Conclusions and Policy Implications
Courtney Davis, John Abraham

Keywords: Biomedicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Medical Sociology, Social Policy, Political Sociology, Public Health, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology