Collaboration in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Changing Relationships in Britain and France, 1935-1965
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Examining the issue of 'British decline' after the war, this fascinating text describes the evolution of cooperation 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.Of interest to a wide range of academic disciplines, this highly relevant book discusses topics including penicillin, sulphamide drugs, and the effects of war in both countries.
Acknowledgments ixIntroduction: A History of Collaborative Relationships 1Blurred Boundaries: Drug Research and Production in Britain and France before World War Two 13Research Institutions and Pharmaceutical Laboratories before World War Two 17Scientific Communities and Networks before World War Two 53Conclusion 95Collaborative Networks in War and Peace 97Mobilizing for War: Making Pennicillin in Britain and the United States 99Collaboration and Resistance: Developing Penicillin and the Synthetic Anti-Histamines in France 135Conclusion 167Continuity and Change in Medical Science and Industry after World War Two 171'Continuity through Revolution' in France 173'Revolution through Continuity' in Britain 207Conclusion 241Conclusion: The Power of Rhetoric, and a Tale of Two Cultures 243Notes 251Bibliography 315Index 343
