{"product_id":"pharmacopolitics-arthur-a-daemmrich-9780807872413","title":"Pharmacopolitics: Drug Regulation in the United States and Germany","description":"Advocates of rapid access to medicines and critics fearful of inadequate testing both argue that globalization will supersede national medical practices and result in the easy transfer of pharmaceuticals around the world. In \u003ci\u003ePharmacopolitics\u003c\/i\u003e, Arthur Daemmrich challenges their assumptions by comparing drug laws, clinical trials, and systems for monitoring adverse reactions in the United States and Germany, two countries with similarly advanced systems for medical research, testing, and patient care. Daemmrich proposes that divergent \"therapeutic cultures--the interrelationships among governments, patients, the medical profession, and the pharmaceutical industry--underlie national differences and explain variations in pharmaceutical markets and medical care. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaemmrich carries the United States-Germany comparison from 1950 to the present through case studies of Terramycin (an antibiotic), thalidomide (a sedative), propranolol (a heart medication), interleukin-2 (a cancer therapy), and indinavir (an AIDS drug). He points to different political constructions of \"the patient\" in the United States and Germany to clarify important differences in government policies and in the distribution of power among key social actors. Daemmrich advises that international regulatory harmonization and globalization in medicine must retain flexibility for social and political variation between countries, even as they achieve technical standardization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur A. Daemmrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807872415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807872413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Arthur A. Daemmrich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059794604287,"sku":"9780807872413","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0f41ed09-5601-4183-b346-9688d444a4fb.jpg?v=1685060378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pharmacopolitics-arthur-a-daemmrich-9780807872413","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}