Hess Volker
Institut für Geschichte der Medizin Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Medizinhist J. 2007;42(1):61-84.
In recent years, the development, certification, and marketing of drugs has become an important field of research in the Science Studies. Attempting to analyse the growing complexity of the modern health care market, researchers have focused on the close links between pharmaceutical industry, clinical research, and drug regulation in Western Europe and North America. However, corresponding developments behind the Iron Curtain have received little attention. This article outlines a research project that analyses the history of psychoactive pharmaceuticals in East Germany from the perspective of the new historiography of drugs. The paper summarizes the central themes of recent research, provides an overview of the development of the major pharmaceutical substances, and surveys the history of these substances in the GDR in relation to drug legislation and state control of the pharmaceutical market.
近年来，药物的研发、认证及营销已成为科学研究领域的一个重要研究方向。为分析现代医疗保健市场日益增长的复杂性，研究人员聚焦于西欧和北美的制药行业、临床研究与药物监管之间的紧密联系。然而，铁幕背后的相应发展却很少受到关注。本文概述了一个研究项目，该项目从药物新史学的角度分析东德精神活性药物的历史。本文总结了近期研究的核心主题，概述了主要药物物质的发展情况，并考察了这些物质在民主德国的历史，以及与药物立法和国家对药品市场的管控之间的关系。
