Illicit Medicines in the Global South: Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation

This book investigates pharmaceutical regulation and the public health issue of fake or illicit medicines in developing countries. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in India, Kenya and Europe, it analyses the evolution of pharmaceutical capitalism, showing how the entanglement of market and health interests has shaped global regulation.

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Illicit Medicines in the Global South: Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation

This book investigates pharmaceutical regulation and the public health issue of fake or illicit medicines in developing countries. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in India, Kenya and Europe, it analyses the evolution of pharmaceutical capitalism, showing how the entanglement of market and health interests has shaped global regulation.

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Illicit Medicines in the Global South: Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation

Illicit Medicines in the Global South: Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation

by Mathieu Quet
Illicit Medicines in the Global South: Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation

Illicit Medicines in the Global South: Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation

by Mathieu Quet

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This book investigates pharmaceutical regulation and the public health issue of fake or illicit medicines in developing countries. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in India, Kenya and Europe, it analyses the evolution of pharmaceutical capitalism, showing how the entanglement of market and health interests has shaped global regulation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781032048147
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/26/2024
Series: Routledge Global Health Series
Pages: 206
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mathieu Quet is a Senior Research Fellow in Sociology at Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Ceped, Université de Paris, France. His current research focuses upon the entanglements of science, technology, and development in postcolonial contexts.

Table of Contents

Introduction – Faith in Fakes? Chapter 1 – In the beginning, a conflict Part 1 - Pharmaceutical Geographies: the mutations of an industry Chapter 2 – The pharmaceutical globalization Chapter 3 – Selling at all costs Part 2 - Pharmaceutical security, between public health and the market Chapter 4 – The regulatory turn to security Chapter 5 – The exercise of pharmaceutical control Part 3 – Pharmaceutical logistics: commodities circulation and lifeforms Chapter 6 — Logistic regimes and the exercise of power Chapter 7 – Diverting flows, contesting power Conclusion Post-Scriptum

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