Ralph Edwards: RARE EVENTS

The Inside Story of a Worldwide Quest for Safer Medicines

AvIan Hembrow

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

As the Centre’s first director, Professor Ivor Ralph Edwards transformed it from a tiny operation with limited horizons into an internationally acclaimed scientific organization at the heart of the World Health Organization’s Programme for International Drug Monitoring.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-01-21
Mått:155 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt:867 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Springer Biographies
Antal sidor:473
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031149832

Utforska kategorier

Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik
Farmakologi inom Medicin
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Ian Hembrow is a visiting scholar at the Oxford Centre for Life Writing at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK. Since 2016, he has been involved in research and writing about global medicines safety (pharmacovigilance), especially the monitoring work carried out on behalf of the World Health Organization at the Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) in Sweden. His 2018 book MAKING MEDICINES SAFER told the 40-year history of UMC, following which he was commissioned to write this account of the life and career of its founding director, Ralph Edwards.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 01. The science, the Director and the Centre. The voyage to medicines safety. A unique vision. Made in Sweden. Going global.- Chapter 02. A man changed by medicine. Just do it, Ralph. Learning for life. Forged in the City of Steel. Doctor Fixer. A new Africa. The whole world in two islands.- Chapter 03. Making medicines safer. Forging ahead. A deep, dark mystery. The problems with drugs. Science and sharing. From analogue to AI. Pillars of wisdom. Doctor WHO.- Chapter 04. Continuing the quest. Change at the top. A noble cause. A safer future?.- Chapter 05. Present vision. Back to Africa. The view from Gothenburg.