Ethics And The Pharmaceutical Industry

Author : Michael A. Santoro,Thomas M. Gorrie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781139448574

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Ethics and the Pharmaceutical Industry by Michael A. Santoro,Thomas M. Gorrie Pdf

Despite the pharmaceutical industry's notable contributions to human progress, including the development of miracle drugs for treating cancer, AIDS, and heart disease, there is a growing tension between the industry and the public. Government officials and social critics have questioned whether the multibillion-dollar industry is fulfilling its social responsibilities. This doubt has been fueled by the national debate over drug pricing and affordable healthcare, and internationally by the battles against epidemic diseases, such as AIDS, in the developing world. Debates are raging over how the industry can and should be expected to act. The contributions in this book by leading figures in industry, government, NGOs, the medical community, and academia discuss and propose solutions to the ethical dilemmas of drug industry behavior. They examine such aspects as the role of intellectual property rights and patent protection, the moral and economic requisites of research and clinical trials, drug pricing, and marketing.

Author : M.N.G. Dukes
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0080459366

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The Law and Ethics of the Pharmaceutical Industry by M.N.G. Dukes Pdf

As one of the most massive and successful business sectors, the pharmaceutical industry is a potent force for good in the community, yet its behaviour is frequently questioned: could it serve society at large better than it has done in the recent past? Its own internal ethics, both in business and science, may need a careful reappraisal, as may the extent to which the law - administrative, civil and criminal - succeeds in guiding (and where neccessary contraining) it. The rules of behavior that may be considered to apply to today's pharmaceutical industry have emerged over a very long period and the process goes on. Even the immensely detailed standards for quality, safety and efficacy laid down in drug law and regulation during the second half of the twentieth century have their limitations as tools for ensuring that the public interest is well served. In particular, national and regional regulatory agencies are heavily dependent on industrial data for their decision-making, their standards and competence vary, and even the existing network of agencies does not cover the entire world. What is more there are many areas of law and regulation affecting the industry, concerning for example the pricing of medicines, the conduct of clinical studies, the health protection of workers and concern for the environment. In some fields it is indeed hardly possible to maintain standards through regulation. Professor N.M. Graham Dukes, a physician and lawyer with long term experience in industrial research management, academic study and international drug policy, provides here a powerfully documented analysis into the way this industry thinks, acts, and is viewed, and examines the current trends pointing to change. *Provides a balanced picture of the current role of the pharmaceutical industry in society *Includes indices of conventions, laws, and regulations; as well as judicial and disciplinary cases *This is the only book addressing the legal implications of big pharma activities and ethical standards

Author : Omar Sultan Haque
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Drugs
ISBN : 9654440350

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The Ethics of Pharmaceutical Industry Influence in Medicine by Omar Sultan Haque Pdf

Author : Howard Brody
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Medical ethics
ISBN : 0742552195

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Hooked by Howard Brody Pdf

For decades, medical professionals have been betraying the public's trust by accepting various benefits from the pharmaceutical industry. Drug company representatives and doctors alike have promulgated creative rationalizations to portray this behavior positively, as if it really serves the interest of the public. In Hooked: Ethics, the Medical Profession, and the Pharmaceutical Industry, Howard Brody claims that we can neither understand the problem, nor propose helpful solutions until we fully recognize the many levels of activity that connect these two industries. Then, for real improvement to occur, the doctors themselves need to not only change their behavior, but also change how they view the actions of their peers and colleagues. We can pass laws and enact regulations, so that those physicians that do choose to focus on ethics won't be in an environment where they feel as if they are swimming against too strong a current to make meaningful change, but ultimately a profession has to take responsibility for its own integrity.

Author : Sam Salek,Andrew Edgar
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780470855812

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Pharmaceutical Ethics by Sam Salek,Andrew Edgar Pdf

Pharmaceutical Ethics is an important text, which aims to provide the ethical guidelines much needed by the pharmaceutical industry. By focusing on many of the central issues such as the ethical aspects of clinical trials, informed consent, physician or patient choice and pharmaceutical advertising, this text will provide very good coverage of an area which perhaps still lacks coherent instruction. * Covers ethical issues involved in the testing and use of pharmaceuticals on human beings * Investigates issues such as whether choice of drug should lie with the physician or the patient * Looks at a wide variety of subjects connected with pharmaceutical ethics. * Focuses specifically on the issues surrounding the pharmaceutical industry, not medicine in general. * Fulfils an important need in the Pharmaceutical Industry.

Author : Michael A. Santoro,Thomas M. Gorrie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Drugs
ISBN : 0511134436

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Ethics and the Pharmaceutical Industry by Michael A. Santoro,Thomas M. Gorrie Pdf

This book is a discussion of the ethical dilemmas of drug industry behavior. It examines such aspects as the role of intellectual property rights and patent protection, the moral and economic requisites of research and clinical trials, drug pricing, and marketing.

Author : Adriana Petryna,Andrew Lakoff,Arthur Kleinman
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 082233741X

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Global Pharmaceuticals by Adriana Petryna,Andrew Lakoff,Arthur Kleinman Pdf

DIVAnthropological study of the globalization of pharmaceuticals and its effects on local cultures, health, and economics./div

Author : Gerd Hanekamp
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783540723103

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Business Ethics of Innovation by Gerd Hanekamp Pdf

Firms generally depend upon innovations in order to achieve advantages on competitive markets, thus also raising societal questions. Business ethics provides a normative framework for balancing the different perspectives, values, and interests at stake. This balance must be achieved both at relevant firm and regulatory levels. Business Ethics of Innovation is thus necessarily an interdisciplinary endeavour. This volume assesses general questions of how business ethics may contribute to adequate innovations and specifically discusses respective case studies in pharmaceutical and IT sectors.

Author : H. Tristram Engelhardt
Publisher : M & M Scrivener Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780980209471

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Innovation and the Pharmaceutical Industry by H. Tristram Engelhardt Pdf

Innovation and the Pharmaceutical Industry: Critical Reflections on the Virtues of Profit examines the central role of profit in the development of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and health care generally. Recent efforts to understand this role have often underestimated and even dismissed its importance, arguing for its replacement by other means and mechanisms. However, as the essays in this volume attest, it would be impossible to account adequately for the range of pharmaceuticals and medical devices that have become part of everyday medicine without recognizing that the depth and scope of innovations are tied not simply to altruism, a concern for the common good, or the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, but crucially to the pursuit of private good and of individual profit. Balancing a concern for theory and practice, the analyses and evaluations provided in these essays touch directly on many of the most heated and important debates in pharmaceutical ethics, such as profit margins, corporate social responsibility, drug advertising, litigation, patents, and parallel trade. Reflecting critically on the problems and prospects of medical innovation, they invite a rethinking of the foundations of the bioethics and business ethics of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries by focusing on the long-term impact of policy decisions for human health and well-being.

Author : Leonard J. Weber
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780253112101

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Profits before People? by Leonard J. Weber Pdf

The pharmaceutical industry has come under intense criticism in recent years. One poll found that 70% of the sample agreed that drug companies put profits ahead of people. Is this perception accurate? Have drug companies traded ethics for profits and placed people at risk? In Profits before People? Leonard J. Weber exposes pharmaceutical industry practices that have raised ethical concerns. Providing systematic ethical analysis and reflection, he discusses such practices as compensating physicians for serving as speakers or consultants, providing incentives to physicians to enroll patients as subjects in clinical research, and advertising prescription drugs to the public through the mass media. Weber's critique of the industry is stern. While acknowledging that new industry guidelines are promising, he finds much room for improvement in the way drug companies market their products. Yet Weber makes a strong case that profits and ethics can coexist and that they are not mutually exclusive. In an effort to understand the proper place of commerce in disseminating information about new drugs, the book aims to clarify basic responsibilities and to help identify sound ethical practices. It recognizes that ethics and law are not the same, that "having a right" is different from "doing the right thing," and that taking ethics seriously means recognizing that the law does not answer all questions about what is right. Weber points the way to more demanding standards and better practices that might begin to restore confidence in the drug industry.

Author : Denis G. Arnold
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780521764315

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Ethics and the Business of Biomedicine by Denis G. Arnold Pdf

Distinguished scholars of bioethics and business ethics discuss justice in relation to business-friendly strategies in the delivery of health care.

Author : Peter A. Clark
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789535128472

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Bioethics by Peter A. Clark Pdf

The main strength of this book is that it examines the challenges facing the field of Bioethics today from medical, ethical and legal perspectives. A critical exchange of ideas from professionals in interdisciplinary fields allows everyone to learn and benefit from the insights gained through others' experiences. Examining, analyzing and understanding these complex medical-ethical-legal issues and cases and how they are resolved will serve as a paradigm for all professionals who will be confronted with these complex bioethical issues now and in the future. The more we face these challenges directly, examine them critically and debate them enthusiastically the more knowledge will be gained and hopefully, we will gain more practical wisdom.

Author : Ben Goldacre
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780865478060

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Bad Pharma by Ben Goldacre Pdf

Argues that doctors are deliberately misinformed by profit-seeking pharmaceutical companies that casually withhold information about drug efficacy and side effects, explaining the process of pharmaceutical data manipulation and its global consequences. By the best-selling author of Bad Science.

Author : Jillian Cohen,Patricia Illingworth,Udo Schuklenk
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105134512651

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The Power of Pills by Jillian Cohen,Patricia Illingworth,Udo Schuklenk Pdf

a ~This is a truly first rate text, and, indeed, required reading for all critical students of tort.a (TM) Student Law Review

Author : Joseph M. Gabriel
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226108216

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Medical Monopoly by Joseph M. Gabriel Pdf

During most of the nineteenth century, physicians and pharmacists alike considered medical patenting and the use of trademarks by drug manufacturers unethical forms of monopoly; physicians who prescribed patented drugs could be, and were, ostracized from the medical community. In the decades following the Civil War, however, complex changes in patent and trademark law intersected with the changing sensibilities of both physicians and pharmacists to make intellectual property rights in drug manufacturing scientifically and ethically legitimate. By World War I, patented and trademarked drugs had become essential to the practice of good medicine, aiding in the rise of the American pharmaceutical industry and forever altering the course of medicine. Drawing on a wealth of previously unused archival material, Medical Monopoly combines legal, medical, and business history to offer a sweeping new interpretation of the origins of the complex and often troubling relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and medical practice today. Joseph M. Gabriel provides the first detailed history of patent and trademark law as it relates to the nineteenth-century pharmaceutical industry as well as a unique interpretation of medical ethics, therapeutic reform, and the efforts to regulate the market in pharmaceuticals before World War I. His book will be of interest not only to historians of medicine and science and intellectual property scholars but also to anyone following contemporary debates about the pharmaceutical industry, the patenting of scientific discoveries, and the role of advertising in the marketplace.