Book ID: CBB001033359

The Cuban Cure: Reason and Resistance in Global Science (2010)

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Reid-Henry, Simon (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: xii + 200 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Shows how Cuba came to compete with the American pharmaceutical industry in development of vaccinces and cutting-edge therapies.


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Review Eraso, Yolanda (2011) Review of "The Cuban Cure: Reason and Resistance in Global Science". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 810). unapi

Essay Review Hirschfeld, Katherine (2012) Cuban Cure Falls Short. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 763-766). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Gaudillière, Jean-Paul
Demichelis, Alessandro
Swenson, Peter A.
Suzanna Reiss
William, Rosen
Vargha, Dora
Concepts
Pharmaceutical industry
Medicine and politics
Pharmacy
Medicine and economics
Medicine
Business and commerce
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
United States
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Hungary
Germany
Great Britain
Institutions
United States. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)
Merck & Co.
Deutsche Pharmazuetische Gesellschaft
American Society for Pharmacology
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