Illicit Medicines in the Global South: Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation

This book investigates pharmaceutical regulation and the public health issue of fake or illicit medicines in developing countries. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in India, Kenya and Europe, it analyses the evolution of pharmaceutical capitalism, showing how the entanglement of market and health interests has shaped global regulation.

Mathieu Quet is a Senior Research Fellow in Sociology at Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Ceped, Université de Paris, France. His current research focuses upon the entanglements of science, technology, and development in postcolonial contexts.