Axe 3 Savoirs et Marchés au Sud : éducation, technosciences et culture

Making Pharma Otherwise : Alternative Models of Pharmaceutical Research, Development, and Production for the Public Good

Responsable(s) scientifique(s) du projet au Ceped, l’investigateur principal (le P. I.)

Membres du Ceped participant au projet

Membres extérieurs au Ceped

-* POLLOCK Anne, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King’s College London
-* PAREMOER Lauren, Faculty of Humanities, University of Cape Town
-* EVANS Hamish, Doctorant, Department of International Development, King’s College London

Partenaires

Financement

  • British Academy Conferences, Royaume-Uni

Résumé

There has long been wide recognition among those involved in global health that dominant models of pharmaceutical research and distribution are not working as well as they should be in meeting the urgent health needs of many around the world. The global “vaccine apartheid” during the Covid pandemic brought the problems to the fore, and catalysed interest in alternative models of how pharma might be developed otherwise. This two-day conference convenes a conversation among interdisciplinary social scientists and civil society advocates to better understand alternative routes to pharmaceutical research and development, regulation, and production that would better serve the public good. We put initiatives emerging in the global south at the centre of the analytical frame as we explore wide-ranging endeavours outside of Big Pharma and the conventional generics industry that are using diverse means toward more socially just ends.

Mots-Clés

Santé globale, vaccins, Covid, industrie pharmaceutique, Afrique

Zones géographiques (terrains de recherche)

  • Afrique (Afrique du Sud, Kenya, Tchad)
  • Amérique Latine (Brésil, Colombie, Cuba)
  • Asie (Inde)

Calendrier

  • Début du projet : 01/11/2025
  • Fin du projet : 31/03/2027

Contact

Courriel : k.kameda-de-figueiredo-carvalho chez ird.fr

Résultats et valorisation

Colloques

  • « Making Pharma Otherwise : Alternative Models of Pharmaceutical Research, Development, and Production for the Public Good », conférence de la British Academy.
    Co-organisée par Anne Pollock, Lauren Paremoer et Koichi Kameda, British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi, 16–17 Juin 2026.

Publications en cours

  • Mathieu Quet, Koichi Kameda, Jessica Pourraz, Yves-Marie Rault-Chodankar (Dir.). Technoscientific Globalisation from Below. Mattering Press, pp.338, 2025, 978-1-912729-38-8. ⟨10.28938/mw20-c7f3⟩. ⟨hal-05271273⟩
  • Anne Pollock, Synthesizing Hope : Matter, Knowledge, and Place in South African Drug Discovery. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2019

Thèmes