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Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines
Roger Bate
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Description for Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines
Paperback. Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines is both a fascinating firsthand account of the counterfeit drug trade and an incisive policy analysis with important ramifications for decision makers in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the international World Health Organization. Num Pages: 486 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KJG; KNDP; MBDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 690.
Roger Bate has spent years on the trail of counterfeit medicines in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, learning the anatomy of a nebulous, far-reaching black market that has resulted in countless deaths and injuries around the world. Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines is the culmination of Bate's research and travels-both a fascinating firsthand account of the counterfeit drug trade and an incisive policy analysis with important ramifications for decision makers in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the international World Health Organization.
Roger Bate has spent years on the trail of counterfeit medicines in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, learning the anatomy of a nebulous, far-reaching black market that has resulted in countless deaths and injuries around the world. Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines is the culmination of Bate's research and travels-both a fascinating firsthand account of the counterfeit drug trade and an incisive policy analysis with important ramifications for decision makers in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the international World Health Organization.
Product Details
Publisher
AEI Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
680g
Number of Pages
486
Place of Publication
Washington DC, United States
ISBN
9780844772332
SKU
V9780844772332
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99-15
About Roger Bate
Roger Bate is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. He has spent years on the trail of stolen counterfeit and substandard medicines in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, learning the anatomy of the nebulous, far-reaching black market that has caused countless deaths and injuries around the world. He has undertaken field research on ... Read more
Reviews for Phake: The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines
This impeccably researched, well-organized book fully addresses the underworld of pharmaceutical counterfeiting and the longitudinal effects of this unsavory commerce. . . .Starting with the dark history of drug safety that had roots in the US, the book makes an impressive case regarding the difficulty/impossibility of tracking and prosecuting drug forgers, and the author provides a reasonable approach for ensuring ... Read more