Overview
- Reveals the delicate balance and knife-edge decisions involved in making medicines as safe as they can be
- Presents a unique behind-the-scenes mix of science, biography and history populated by influential people
- Contains powerful lessons for those seeking to make global change
Part of the book series: Springer Biographies (SPRINGERBIOGS)
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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. He was then succeeded by his wife, Dr Marie Lindquist.
This is the story of how a new science developed and a passionate and dedicated pursuit of worldwide medicines safety, with an unerring focus on the welfare of patients. The pioneering work of Ralph, Marie and their collaborators on every continent protected the lives of millions of people. It may yet improve the lives of billions more.
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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The Science, the Director and the Centre
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A Man Changed by Medicine
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Making Medicines Safer
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Peter Arlett, Head of Pharmacovigilance and Epidemiology, European Medicines Agency
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ralph Edwards: RARE EVENTS
Book Subtitle: The Inside Story of a Worldwide Quest for Safer Medicines
Authors: Ian Hembrow
Series Title: Springer Biographies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14981-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14980-1Published: 21 January 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14983-2Published: 21 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-14981-8Published: 20 January 2023
Series ISSN: 2365-0613
Series E-ISSN: 2365-0621
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIX, 473
Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations, 197 illustrations in colour
Topics: Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance, Sociology, general, Epidemiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Behavioral Therapy, Behavioral Therapy