Article ID: CBB017701425

BiDil: Race Medicine Or Race Marketing? (2005)

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:Recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the first drug with a race-specific indication has fueled the controversy over the meaning of race and ethnicity and raised questions over whether this move should be seen as an advance or a setback in the struggle to address disparities in health status associated with race. The drug, BiDil, combines two generics long recognized as benefiting patients with heart failure, irrespective of race or ethnicity. The push to bring these drugs to market as a race-specific treatment was motivated by the peculiarities of U.S. patent law and a willingness to exploit race to gain commercial and regulatory advantage.

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Authors & Contributors
Bond, Gregory T.
Finney, Carolyn
Mooney, Katherine C.
Williams, Brian K.
Hatch, Anthony Ryan
Prograis, Lawrence J.
Concepts
African Americans and science
African Americans
Medicine and race
Race
Science and race
Public health
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
South Africa
Mexico
Maryland (U.S.)
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