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Crisscrossing the Iron Curtain. Clinical Trials in the German Democratic Republic, 1983-1990

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This paper examines the history of the clinical trials conducted in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) mandated by Western pharmaceutical companies between 1983 and 1990. Beginning in 2010, that history was hotly debated in the German media. The paper argues that a centralised state health care system like that in the GDR corresponded better to the requirements of the international pharmaceutical industry for clinical trials than did a privately organised and more decentralised health care system. It was perhaps less the coercive nature of the Eastern German State that was attractive to Western companies, than an effectively centralised health care system. Whatever the case, the arrangement permitted a win-win situation for both partners during the times of the ?Cold War.?

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  • Pascal Grosse, 2018. "Crisscrossing the Iron Curtain. Clinical Trials in the German Democratic Republic, 1983-1990," Revue d'études comparatives Est-Ouest, Presses Universitaires de France, vol. 0(1), pages 95-125.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:recpuf:receo1_491_0095
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