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Sunder Rajan, Kaushik, 1974-

Pharmocracy : Value, politics, and knowledge in global biomedicine / Kaushik Sunder Rajan. - xiv, 328 pages ; 24 cm - Experimental futures . - Experimental futures. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-319) and index.

Table of Content Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Value, Politics, and Knowledge in the Pharmocracy 1 1. Speculative Values: Pharmaceutical Crisis and Financialized Capital 37 2. Bioethical Values: HPV Vaccines, Public Scandal, and Experimental Subjectivity 62 3. Constitutional Values: The Trials of Gleevec and Judicialized Politics 112 4. Philanthropic Values: Corporate Social Responsibility and Monopoly in the Pharmocracy 157 5. Postcolonial Values: National Industries in Pharmaceutical Empire 193 Conclusion. Constitutions of Health, Responsibility, and Democracy 229 Notes 247 References 301 Index 321

ISBN: 9789386392473 9780822363279 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2016035907

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pharmaceutical industry--Management.
Pharmaceutical industry--Economic aspects.
Pharmaceutical industry--India.
Papillomaviruses--Vaccination--Case studies.--India

LC Class. No.: HD9672.I42 / S68 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 338.8871 RAJ