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

by Adriana Petryna

Book Overview

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: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"