International agreements on Intellectual Property (IP) have proven to be a good example to
study global lawmaking. Beginning by looking at the 1990s Trade-Related Intellectual …

Abstract The World Health Organization and others warn that substandard and falsified
medicines harm health and waste money, especially in low-and middle-income countries …

Almost any medicine can be purchased online from abroad. Many high-income countries
permit individuals to import medicines for their personal use. However, those who import …

Background Substandard and falsified (SF) medicines are a global health problem. Their
high prevalence is a threat to public health in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

In this article, I look at Indian pharma 'dossiers'—the bundles of paperwork that testify to
pharmaceutical quality and adherence to regulatory standards—and how they illustrate a …

Digital technologies used to make pharmaceuticals trustworthy promise to displace historical
relations, offering instead transparency through data. This article draws from research with …

In recent decades, the scientific and medical literature has routinely argued that 'fake'drugs
present a pressing threat to global health. However, this article steps back from the chorus …

Since the early 2000s, the development of India's generic industry has generated a lot of
hope and interest amongst researchers and practitioners of Global Health. This article …

In a world seemingly awash with fakes—or at least accusations of fake-ness—it is not only
difficult to discern what is 'real'but also to know what to make of such a proliferation of …

This article analyses women's accounts about hormonal contraceptives in Tanzania, and the
social, cultural, political, and economic contexts that cause them to use such contraceptives …