Jill A. Fisher
Author of 'Adverse Events: Race, Inequality, and the Testing of New Pharmaceuticals'
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Jul 15, 2024 • 49min
Jill A. Fisher, "Adverse Events: Race, Inequality, and the Testing of New Pharmaceuticals" (NYU Press, 2020)
Jill A. Fisher discusses her book 'Adverse Events' which uncovers the hidden world of pharmaceutical testing. The podcast explores how poverty drives healthy volunteers, mainly from African American and Latino/a communities, to participate in trials for income. It sheds light on the social inequality and validity concerns in drug trials, where everyone is incentivized to manipulate results, making new drugs seem safer than they are.
