Pharmaceutical Capitalism and its Logistics
Access to Hepatitis C Treatment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2352836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mathieu Quet (0000-0003-3836-745X, CEPED (Paris Descartes University – IRD) & CSSP (Jawaharlal Nehru University), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 67-89 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-2764 • E-ISSN: 1460-3616 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0263276417727058 |
| OpenAlex | W2751147033 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 23 |
New and highly effective treatments against hepatitis C have come on the market in recent years. Their high cost has sparked vociferous debate concerning drug price control, the state's responsibility towards infected populations and the power of multinational pharmaceutical companies. One possible way to understand these debates is to take into account the particular effects of pharmaceutical capitalism upon the circulation of commodities. Recent protests related to access to treatment identify circulation of medicines as an increasing site of capital accumulation and conflicts. This article defines the notion of 'logistic regimes' and shows how such regimes are contested. It analyzes critical ways of engaging with contemporary pharmaceutical logistics, through variations on medical tourism, critiques of patenting and pricing practices, and organization of alternative supply routes. It further proposes to deepen the notion of diversion as a political concept describing specific forms of opposition to the management practices of logistical capitalism
Business · Capitalism · Economics · Multinational corporation · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Law · Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy · Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare · Finance
“Health for all” and the challenges for pharmaceutical policies
Value regimes and pricing in the pharmaceutical industry
Transnational abortion pill flows and the political geography of abortion in Ireland
Manufacturers without factories’ and economic development in the Global South
(De-)assetizing pharmaceutical patents
Pharmocracy
The Deadly Life of Logistics
Shaping the Industrial Century
Clinical Labor
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010
Lively Capital
Speculative Markets
Professional or industrial order? Patents, biological drugs, and pharmaceutical capitalism in early twentieth century Germany
Supply Chains and the Human Condition
Rationing hepatitis C treatment in the context of austerity policies in France and Cameroon
Logistical Worlds
Values in motion
Diversion and Globalization in Biomedical Technologies
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |