Table of Contents
Introduction xi
1 Origins: Rise of the Great American Patent 3
2 Ethical Medicine in the Republic of Science 22
3 Death of the Taboo: Sunshine in a Bottle 46
4 Thurman's Army: The New Deal Against Monopoly 57
5 Homesteading the Endless Frontier: Patents, Penicillin, and Superpower Science 69
6 The Birth of Big Pharma and the Ghost of Reform 91
7 The Making of a Monster 118
8 Black Pill: Neoliberalism and the Chicago Turn 135
9 Bayh-Dole and the Reagan Acceleration 153
10 The Most Expensive Drug Ever Sold: Generics, AIDS, and AZT 170
11 The World Trade Organization: Drug Monopolies at the End of History 191
12 COVID-19 and the Battle over Business as Usual 216
13 Pharma's Best Friend: Bill Gates and COVTD-19 230
14 Crown Jewels in a Black Box: Trade Secrets and Lies 243
Notes on Selected Sources 261
Acknowledgments 275
Index 277