Good Pharma

Drawing on key concepts in sociology and management, this history describes a remarkable institute that has elevated medical research and worked out solutions to the troubling practices of commercial pharmaceutical research. Good Pharma is the answer to Goldacre's Bad Pharma: ethical research without commercial distortions.

Explores the public health model of the Mario Negri Institute Offers a sociological perspective on the drug development process Proposes a new standard for pharmaceutical companies

Autorentext

Donald W. Light is Professor of Comparative Health Policy at Rowan University, USA and has published widely in major medical and sociological journals on ethical as well as sociological issues. Recently, he served as the Lokey Visiting Professor at Stanford University, USA and as a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University, USA.

Antonio Maturo is Associate Professor of Sociology of Health at Bologna University, Italy and Visiting Professor at Brown University, USA. He has published several books in Italian and he has edited The Medicalization of Life (2009, with P. Conrad) and The Medicine of Emotions and Cognitions (2012, with K. Barker).

Inhalt

1. List of Illustrations 2. Foreword 3. Preface and Acknowledgements 4. List of Abbreviations 5. Introduction: Beneficence through Principled Research for Patients PART I: DEVELOPING A RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SOCIETY 6. Origins and American Inspirations 7. The Formative Years Leadership, Culture & Organization 8. Expansions to New Campuses and Integrated Research 9. Educating the Public and Future Researchers PART II: RECONCEIVING THE AIMS OF PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH 10. From Measuring Environmental Toxins to Drugs as Contaminants 11. Pioneering Ethical Trials for Integrated Research PART III: PROMOTING GOOD SCIENCE FOR BETTER MEDICINES 12. Science-based Initiatives Against Dangerous or Useless Drugs 13. Global Campaigns Against Harmful Regulations and Practices 14. Good Science for Good Pharma A Global Model 15. Appendices