Long Shot - Vaccines for National Defense

Informationen zum Autor Kendall Hoyt Klappentext Despite large-scale government demand for new vaccines in the past decade, few have materialized. Vaccine innovation has been falling since World War II. Hoyt's timely investigation asks why, and teaches lessons for our efforts to rebuild biodefense capabilities when the financial payback for a vaccine is low but the social returns are high. Zusammenfassung Despite large-scale government demand for new vaccines in the past decade, few have materialized. Vaccine innovation has been falling since World War II. Hoyt’s timely investigation asks why, and teaches lessons for our efforts to rebuild biodefense capabilities when the financial payback for a vaccine is low but the social returns are high.

Product details

• Authors: Kendall Hoyt, Hoyt Kendall
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2012
• EAN: 9780674061583
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06158-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; MEDICAL / Health Policy, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Biological & Chemical Warfare, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Public health and preventive medicine, Chemical and biological weapons, Other branches of medicine, MEDICAL / Military Medicine