Phake : The Deadly World of Falsified and Substandard Medicines (eBook)

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 fake medicines using handheld spectrometers and laboratory research using basic and sophisticated techniques. He has studied the laws and economics affecting the medicine trade and has published widely in the peer-reviewed scientific, legal and economic literature, including in leading journals such as The Lancet, The Journal of Health Economics, the Journal of International Criminal Justice and the Malaria Journal. He has published nearly one hundred articles on the topic in popular media outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

Preface IntroductionPart I: The Deadly World of Dangerous MedicinesHistorical Examples of Dangerous MedicinesUnderstanding the ProblemOverview of Research Findings and Possible SolutionsPart II: Dangerous Drug Problems by LocationAfricaIndiaChinaMiddle EastOther Emerging MarketsRussiaLatin AmericaThailandTurkeyThe Online Drug MarketPart III: Drug-Quality AssessmentsFactors to Consider for ResearchResults: What We FoundResults Broken Out for Africa, India, and Other MarketsInterpreting the ResultsPart IV: The Way ForwardDeveloping Medical Regulatory Authorities: The U.S. FDA as Case StudyInternational Cooperation against Criminals and the Lethal Trade in Fake MedicinesMarket for Products of Varying Quality and the Intellectual Property DebateConclusionPart V: AppendicesAppendix A: Peer-Reviewed Publications and Working PapersAppendix B: Research MethodsAppendix C: Accessing Online Components of This Book