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When Experiments Travel Author: Adriana Petryna

ISBN: 9780691126579 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 272 Published: 12 April 2009 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.4 x 1.9 Description:

The phenomenal growth of global pharmaceutical sales and the quest for innovation are driving an unprecedented search for human test subjects, particularly in middle- and low-income countries. Our hope for medical progress increasingly depends on the willingness of the world's poor to participate in clinical drug trials. While these experiments often provide those in need with vital and previously unattainable medical resources, the outsourcing and offshoring of trials also create new problems. In this groundbreaking book, anthropologist Adriana Petryna takes us deep into the clinical trials industry as it brings together players separated by vast economic and cultural differences. Moving between corporate and scientific offices in the United States and research and public health sites in Poland and Brazil, "When Experiments Travel" documents the complex ways that commercial medical science, with all its benefits and risks, is being integrated into local health systems and emerging drug markets.

Providing a unique perspective on globalized clinical trials, "When Experiments Travel" raises central questions: Are such trials exploitat...

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