E-DRUG: List of 'activist' books on Big Pharma and/or medicines
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Dear All
In 2007 E-Druggers helped to compile a list of books that examined
aspects of the overuse of medicines, the 'business' of making and
selling medicines, politics and medicines, regulation/pricing of
medicines, etc. - the range is quite broad and difficult to define but
one can browse the list to get an idea. The aim was to help list members
discover books/sources that they might otherwise be unaware of.
Jude Nwokike has prompted us to look at and update the list which we might then
look at making available on the E-Drug server (in addition to
circulating it on the list and having it in the archives) and via other
appropriate sources.
1. We welcome any suggestions of additional titles to include that fall
within the scope. Please check the list first to make sure it has not
already been included.
2. A short description/review can be added to the title to help describe
the content of the book and its importance. For those in the list
without a description, please feel free to submit a description that we can add.
3. Books in languages other than English can be suggested but in that
case please provide a translation of the title and state the language of
the book.
Please submit your suggestions either to the list or to me directly at
dr.douglasball[at]yahoo.co.uk.
Thank you
Douglas Ball (co-moderator)
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I think Ellen t'Hoen's 'The Global Politics of Pharmaceutical Monopoly
Power' should be added to the list. It was published in 2009 by AMB
Publishers in the Netherlands.
Philippa Saunders.
UK
e-mail: philippa.m.saunders@gmail.com
[Thank you Philippa.
Here is the blurb from MSF:
The Global Politics of Pharmaceutical Monopoly Power
Every day, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is confronted with the lack of access to adequate or affordable medical tools in the field. We face two major challenges the high cost of existing medicines on the one hand,and the absence of appropriate or effective treatments for many of the diseases affecting our patients on the other.
This book by Ellen t' Hoen, former Director of Policy Advocacy for the MSF Access Campaign, explains why these twin challenges are in fact two sides of the same coin. More importantly perhaps, it also analyses the latest mechanisms and policy changes that may help change the broken system of medical innovation and access to medicines today.
http://www.msfaccess.org/content/global-politics-pharmaceutical-monopoly-power
ACCESS_book_GlobalPolitics_tHoen_ENG_2009.pdf ]
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Please add these:
1) The Politics of the Pharmaceutical Industry and Access to Medicines:
World Pharmacy and India; Edited by Hans Lofgren; Social Science
Press, 69, Jor Bagh, New Delhi-110003. Rs. 725.
2) A Layperson's Guide to Medicines, LOCOST, Vadodara, 700 pp, 2006.
3) Impoverishing the Poor: Pharmaceuticals and Drug Pricing in India.
LOCOST/JSS, Vadodara/Bilaspur, 2004.
4) Aam Logon ke Liye Dawayiyon ki Kitaab (in Hindi), LOCOST, Vadodara,
700 pp, 2012.
Sincerely,
S.Srinivasan
LOCOST, Vadodara
chinu sahajbrc <sahajbrc@gmail.com>
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[David's feedback refers to the Word file of the list. In response, it has been modified to be clear that it is listed by author surname. The file has been updated and the list is now repeated in order of publication date as well. However, the Excel file provides more power in sorting and searching the list and is the recommended format for those who are able to use it. DB]
Hi
Thanks for the useful List of Pill Books, just slightly irritating that it isn't organized chronologically (perhaps there is another ordering principle that I can't figure out), just a suggestion for the future.
David Finer
Medical journalist
Sweden
"David Finer" <david.finer@sll.se>