Collaboration in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Changing Relationships in Britain and France, 1935û1965

by Quirke; Viviane

• ISBN13: 9780415309820
• ISBN10: 0415309824
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

P Examining the issue of 'British decline' after the war, this fascinating text describes the evolution of co-operation in Britain and France, and argues that the relationship between these two countries helped to disseminate a culture of research, resulting in the transformation of the medical sciences and the pharmaceutical industry in both countries. /P P Of interest to a wide range of academic disciplines, this important book discusses significant issues such as penicillin, sulphamide drugs and the effects of war in both countries. /P

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: A History of Collaborative Relationships	p. 1
Blurred Boundaries: Drug Research and Production in Britain and France before World War Two	p. 13
Research Institutions and Pharmaceutical Laboratories before World War Two	p. 17
Scientific Communities and Networks before World War Two	p. 53
Conclusion	p. 95
Collaborative Networks in War and Peace	p. 97
Mobilizing for War: Making Pennicillin in Britain and the United States	p. 99
Collaboration and Resistance: Developing Penicillin and the Synthetic Anti-Histamines in France	p. 135
Conclusion	p. 167
Continuity and Change in Medical Science and Industry after World War Two	p. 171
'Continuity through Revolution' in France	p. 173
'Revolution through Continuity' in Britain	p. 207
Conclusion	p. 241
Conclusion: The Power of Rhetoric, and a Tale of Two Cultures	p. 243
Notes	p. 251
Bibliography	p. 315
Index	p. 343
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