Clinical globalization

A case study of privately-sponsored HIV research in Mexico

Bibliographic Data

ID2961565
AuthorsMarie Claire Leger, Marie Léger (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume14
Issue2
Pages189-213
Publication date2008-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13504630801933050
OpenAlexW2036525456
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited46

With the increasing commercialization of clinical research and growing competition for research subjects, multinational pharmaceutical corporations are conducting more clinical research outside of primary market areas in the Global North. I refer to this increasingly international scope of privately-sponsored clinical research as ‘clinical globalization’, a term intended to encompass how politics, industry, groups, and individuals interact across national borders in producing knowledge and commodities related to health and disease. This paper explores the political economy driving research globalization, discusses the expansion of ethical and regulatory capacity that has accompanied international research, and uses a case study of privately-sponsored HIV/AIDS clinical research at a public hospital in Mexico City to examine some of the challenges faced by current ethical infrastructure

Commercialization · Economic growth · Economics · Globalization · Multinational corporation · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Ethics in Clinical Research · Global Health and Surgery · Law · Public Administration

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