Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19 Vaccines by Zaitchik, Alexander

Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19 Vaccines

Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the...
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Author: Alexander Zaitchik
Format: CD
Language: English
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Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19 Vaccines by Zaitchik, Alexander

Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19 Vaccines

¥9,818

Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19 Vaccines

¥9,818
Author: Alexander Zaitchik
Format: CD
Language: English
Owning the Sun tells the story of one of the most contentious fights in human history: the legal right to control the production of lifesaving medicines. Medical science began as a discipline geared toward the betterment of all human life, but the merging of research with intellectual property and the rise of the pharmaceutical industry warped and eventually undermined its ethical foundations. Why does the US government fund the development of medical science in the name of the public, only to relinquish exclusive rights to drug companies, and how does such a system impoverish us, weaken our responses to global crises, and, as in the case of AIDS and COVID-19, put the world at risk? Outlining how generations of public health and science advocates have attempted to hold the line against Big Pharma and their allies in government, Alexander Zaitchik's first-in-kind history documents the rise of medical monopoly in the United States and its subsequent globalization. From the controversial arrival of patent-wielding German drug firms in the late nineteenth century, to present-day coordination between industry and philanthropic organizations--including the influential Gates Foundation--that stymie international efforts to vaccinate the world against COVID-19, Owning the Sun tells one of the most important and least understood histories of our time.

Author: Alexander Zaitchik
Publisher: HighBridge Audio
Published: 03/15/2022
Binding Type: CD
Size: 5.70h x 5.20w
ISBN: 9798212056106

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