When Experiments Travel: Clinical Trials and the Global Search for Human Subjects

by Adriana Petryna

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691126577

ISBN13:9780691126579

Release Date:May 2009

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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