Bioindustry ethics /
David L. Finegold ... [and others].
- 1 online resource (xi, 368 pages)
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Leadership -- Starting Right -- Ethics in an Emerging Field -- Getting Advice -- Self-Assessment -- Endnotes.
This book is the first systematic, detailed treatment of the approaches to ethical issues taken by biotech and pharmaceutical companies. The application of genetic/genomic technologies raises a whole spectrum of ethical questions affecting global health that must be addressed. Topics covered in this comprehensive survey include considerations for bioprospecting in transgenics, genomics, drug discovery, and nutrigenomics, as well as how to improve stakeholder relations, design ethical clinical trials, avoid conflicts of interest, and establish ethics advisory boards. The expert authors represent multiple disciplines including law, medicine, bioinformatics, pharmaceutics, business, and ethics.
9780123693709 0123693705 9780080492513 (electronic bk.) 0080492517 (electronic bk.)
112794:112883 Elsevier Science & Technology http://www.sciencedirect.com
Biotechnology industries--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.
Pharmaceutical industry--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.
Business ethics--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.
Bioethics.
Biotechnology--ethics.
Drug Industry--ethics.
Ethics, Business.
Bio-industries--Aspect moral--Cas, Études de.
Industrie pharmaceutique--Aspect moral--Cas, Études de.
Morale des affaires--Cas, Études de.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Business Ethics.
Electronic books.
HD9999.B442 / B542 2005eb
174/.96606
2006 G-784 WB 60 / B615495 2005
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Introduction -- Leadership -- Starting Right -- Ethics in an Emerging Field -- Getting Advice -- Self-Assessment -- Endnotes.
This book is the first systematic, detailed treatment of the approaches to ethical issues taken by biotech and pharmaceutical companies. The application of genetic/genomic technologies raises a whole spectrum of ethical questions affecting global health that must be addressed. Topics covered in this comprehensive survey include considerations for bioprospecting in transgenics, genomics, drug discovery, and nutrigenomics, as well as how to improve stakeholder relations, design ethical clinical trials, avoid conflicts of interest, and establish ethics advisory boards. The expert authors represent multiple disciplines including law, medicine, bioinformatics, pharmaceutics, business, and ethics.
9780123693709 0123693705 9780080492513 (electronic bk.) 0080492517 (electronic bk.)
112794:112883 Elsevier Science & Technology http://www.sciencedirect.com
Biotechnology industries--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.
Pharmaceutical industry--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.
Business ethics--Moral and ethical aspects--Case studies.
Bioethics.
Biotechnology--ethics.
Drug Industry--ethics.
Ethics, Business.
Bio-industries--Aspect moral--Cas, Études de.
Industrie pharmaceutique--Aspect moral--Cas, Études de.
Morale des affaires--Cas, Études de.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Business Ethics.
Electronic books.
HD9999.B442 / B542 2005eb
174/.96606
2006 G-784 WB 60 / B615495 2005