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What is the proposed conceptualization of interests in the pharmaceutical industry?
Realist conceptualization
According to the text, what are the objective interests of pharmaceutical companies?
Profit-maximisation
How is the relationship between pharmaceutical interests and regulation characterized at macro- and meso-levels?
'Neo-liberal corporate bias'
What is essential for the sociological explanation of techno-scientific knowledge claims?
Assessment of validity
In what way have commercial interests biased science in the pharmaceutical industry?
Away from public health interests
What is the main focus of the realist empirical research programme proposed by John Abraham?
Examination of the relationship between pharmaceutical interests and regulation
What is the proposed conceptualization of interests in opposition to?
Objectivity and reality as social constructs
According to the text, what are the objective interests of pharmaceutical companies?
Profit-maximization
How is the relationship between pharmaceutical interests and regulation characterized at macro- and meso-levels?
'Neo-liberal corporate bias'
What does the realist sociology of scientific knowledge appreciate as essential for sociological explanation?
The assessment of the validity of techno-scientific knowledge claims
Explore the sociology of pharmaceuticals development and regulation through a realist empirical research programme. Learn about the proposed realist conceptualisation of interests in opposition to fashionable views. Delve into the articles of health development and regulation in the pharmaceutical industry.
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