JOHN ABRAHAM is Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Centre for Research in Health and Medicine (CRHaM) at Sussex University. His books include Science, Politics and the Pharmaceutical Industry, The Therapeutic Nightmare: The Battle Over the World's Most Controversial Sleeping Pill and Regulating Medicines in Europe. - HELEN LAWTON SMITH is Founder and Research Director of the Oxfordshire Economic Observatory based in the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University. Her previous books include Technology Transfer and Industrial Change in Europe, Energy and the Environment Regulation (with Nick Woodward) and The Regulation of Science and Technology.

• List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction; J.Abraham Regulatory Laws and Political Culture in the United States and Germany; A.Daemmrich Europeanization of Medicines Regulation; J.Abraham & G.Lewis Globalization of Medicines Control; J.Abraham & T.Reed Sales Licensing Documentation and Trade Secrecy: The Case of Norplant Contraceptives; E.Ollila & E.Hemminki Biological Medicines in the Age of Biotech: Public Policy Issues; N.Morris New Molecules, Markets and Changing Drug Regulatory Practices; T.Peters Users' Involvement in Regulating Contraceptive Innovation: The Design of Anti-Fertility Vaccines; J.van Kammen Regulations for Ethical Purposes: Medical Research on Humans; C.Foster The Limitations of Current Ethical Regulations; O.Corrigan Mergers and Joint Ventures in the Pharmaceutical Industry; H.Kelly & M.Hadden