Transforming the critique of Big Pharma

BioSocieties

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 106-118

  Pollock, Anne ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

blockbuster drugs; financial crisis; heart disease; Pfizer; pharmaceuticals; philanthropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860389497     PISSN: 17458552     EISSN: 17458560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/biosoc.2010.44     Document Type: Article

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