Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients

Contributor(s): Shah, Sonia (Author), Le Carre, John (Foreword by)

ISBN: 9781595582140

Publisher: New Press

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$16.95

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Pub Date: October 30, 2007

Dewey: 362.1782

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.65" H x 8.43" L x 5.59" W ( 0.65 lbs) 258 pages

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Description: This groundbreaking book reveals the unethical drug-testing practices of the multinational pharmaceutical industry. In its quest to develop lucrative new drugs, Big Pharma has quietly exported its clinical research business to the global South, where ethical oversight is minimal, and sick, poor, and desperate patients are abundant.

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