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Pharmaceutical markets in the German Empire: profits between risk, altruism and regulation
Pharma-Märkte im Deutschen Kaiserreich: Profite zwischen Risiko, Altruismus und Regulierung
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Abstract "For the first time in August 1894, phials of anti-diphtheria serum went on sale in German pharmacies. Anti-diphtheria serum was a major therapeutic innovation in the treatment of a terrible infectious disease. The anti-diphtheria serum also signalled the evolution of new regulatory institutions, as... mehr
"For the first time in August 1894, phials of anti-diphtheria serum went on sale in German pharmacies. Anti-diphtheria serum was a major therapeutic innovation in the treatment of a terrible infectious disease. The anti-diphtheria serum also signalled the evolution of new regulatory institutions, as well as new markets in industrially produced pharmaceutics. The new serum therapy offered not only a cure for diphtheria and other fatal infectious diseases, but also promised high profits for the manufacturers who could stabilize the production process. It attracted the state's attention for a number of reasons: the ambiguous legal situation, the production of serum for the free market and the prospect of high profits for the serum industry, and finally the novelty of serum therapy itself and the lack of information about its long-term effects. Drawing on concepts from economic sociology, I will argue that the evolving serum market was formatted by state authorities from the very first moment. This regulation was not imposed by 'the state' but negotiated among actors like state officials, medical and public health professionals, and serum producers." (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Deutsches Kaiserreich; 19. Jahrhundert; pharmazeutische Industrie; Markt; Risiko; Regulierung; Staat; Altruismus; Infektionskrankheit; Medizin; Arzneimittelmarkt; Wirtschaftssoziologie; Gesundheitswesen; Akteur; Institutionalisierung; Framing-Ansatz; historische Analyse
Klassifikation
Sozialgeschichte, historische Sozialforschung
Wirtschaftssoziologie
Wirtschaftssektoren
Methode
deskriptive Studie; historisch
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2011
Seitenangabe
S. 182-201
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 36 (2011) 3
Heftthema
Change of markets and market societies: Concepts and case studies / Wandel von Märkten und Marktgesellschaften: Konzepte und Fallstudien
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.36.2011.3.182-201
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)