"Who's Winning the Human Race?" Cold War as Pharmaceutical Political Strategy Export

@article{citeulike:5922456, abstract = {Between 1959 and 1962, Senator Estes Kefauver led a congressional investigation into the pricing practices of U.S. drug firms. As part of its defense, the industry mobilized the rhetoric of cold war and promoted the industry as a critical national asset in the global war against communism. The industry argued that any effort to undermine corporate innovation by inviting, as Kefauver proposed, greater government involvement in drug development threatened the public's health and invited socialism--in the form of socialized medicine--into the domestic political economy. This strategy proved critical to the industry's efforts to build political support for itself, particularly among the medical profession, and undermine Kefauver's reform agenda. 10.1093/jhmas/jrp012}, author = {Tobbell, Dominique A.}, citeulike-article-id = {5922456}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/jrp012}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jhmas.oxfordjournals.org/content/64/4/429.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://jhmas.oxfordjournals.org/content/64/4/429.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19493917}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19493917}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1093/jhmas/jrp012}, journal = {J Hist Med Allied Sci}, keywords = {drugdevelopment, ffenlicheforschung, geistigeseigentum, geschichte, patente, pharmazeutischeindustrie, usa}, month = {October}, number = {4}, pages = {429--473}, posted-at = {2009-10-11 21:19:46}, priority = {2}, title = {"Who's Winning the Human Race?" Cold War as Pharmaceutical Political Strategy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/jrp012}, volume = {64}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5922456 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5922456 N2 - Between 1959 and 1962, Senator Estes Kefauver led a congressional investigation into the pricing practices of U.S. drug firms. As part of its defense, the industry mobilized the rhetoric of cold war and promoted the industry as a critical national asset in the global war against communism. The industry argued that any effort to undermine corporate innovation by inviting, as Kefauver proposed, greater government involvement in drug development threatened the public's health and invited socialism--in the form of socialized medicine--into the domestic political economy. This strategy proved critical to the industry's efforts to build political support for itself, particularly among the medical profession, and undermine Kefauver's reform agenda. 10.1093/jhmas/jrp012 IS - 4 JF - J Hist Med Allied Sci EP - 473 TI - "Who's Winning the Human Race?" Cold War as Pharmaceutical Political Strategy VL - 64 SP - 429 KW - drugdevelopment KW - ffenlicheforschung KW - geistigeseigentum KW - geschichte KW - patente KW - pharmazeutischeindustrie KW - usa AU - Tobbell, Dominique PY - 2009/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/jrp012 ER -