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Private Profits Versus Public Policy
The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Canadian State
Joel Lexchin (Author)
9781442626591
Paperback / softback, published 21 September 2016
384 pages, 6 figures
22.9 x 15.4 x 2.3 cm, 0.59 kg
The widespread condemnation of drastic price increases on life-saving drugs highlights our growing dependency on and vulnerability to international pharmaceutical conglomerates. However, aren’t the interests of the public supposed to supersede the pursuit of private profit? In his new work, Private Profits versus Public Policy, Joel Lexchin addresses this question as he examines how public policy with respect to the pharmaceutical industry has evolved in Canada over the past half century. Although the Canadian government is supposed to regulate the industry to serve the needs of public health, waves of deregulatory reforms and intellectual property rights legislation have shifted the balance of power in favour of these companies’ quest for profit. Joel Lexchin offers a series of recommendations to tip the scale back in the public’s favour. This enlightening work is the first book that deals exclusively with the pharmaceutical industry in Canada in over thirty years.
Abbreviations Boxes, Tables and Figures Introduction: Why do we care about the pharmaceutical industry in Canada? Chapter 1: (De)regulation through cooperation Chapter 2: Biased testing, hidden results and the regulation of clinical trials Chapter 3: Approving new drugs: better or just more? Chapter 4: Regulating promotion or licensing deception? Chapter 5: Health Canada and drug safety: how safe are we? Chapter 6: Is intellectual property a right? Chapter 7: How revenue is generated: prices, volume, mix and overall spending Chapter 8: Who gets the value from research and development? Chapter 9: Canada, the pharmaceutical industry and access to medicines in the Global South Chapter 10: Courage my friends; ’tis not too late to build a better world Acknowledgements