Cori Hayden is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of When Nature Goes Public: The Making and Unmaking of Bioprospecting in Mexico.

• Preface  viiAcknowledgments  ixIntroduction: Rx for MX: Dr. Simi’s Mexican Revolution  11. Same and Not the Same  292. Simipolitics: State and Not the State  713. No Patent, No Generic  1064. Access, Excess  1445. Supergeneric vs. Mere Commodity  178Coda  197Notes  201References  217Index  237

"This book is a gem, and most importantly, of interest well beyond medical anthropology. It contributes directly to political and economic debates across disciplines, and topically, it will be unexpectedly relevant to studies of populism and ethics, and more broadly, political economy, governance and the state. It is pitched at a level that will probably be best suited for advanced undergraduates onwards." - Juan Manuel del Nido (Bulletin of Latin American Research)

Cori Hayden is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of When Nature Goes Public: The Making and Unmaking of Bioprospecting in Mexico.

• Preface  viiAcknowledgments  ixIntroduction: Rx for MX: Dr. Simi’s Mexican Revolution  11. Same and Not the Same  292. Simipolitics: State and Not the State  713. No Patent, No Generic  1064. Access, Excess  1445. Supergeneric vs. Mere Commodity  178Coda  197Notes  201References  217Index  237

"This book is a gem, and most importantly, of interest well beyond medical anthropology. It contributes directly to political and economic debates across disciplines, and topically, it will be unexpectedly relevant to studies of populism and ethics, and more broadly, political economy, governance and the state. It is pitched at a level that will probably be best suited for advanced undergraduates onwards." - Juan Manuel del Nido (Bulletin of Latin American Research)

Cori Hayden is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of When Nature Goes Public: The Making and Unmaking of Bioprospecting in Mexico.

• Preface  viiAcknowledgments  ixIntroduction: Rx for MX: Dr. Simi’s Mexican Revolution  11. Same and Not the Same  292. Simipolitics: State and Not the State  713. No Patent, No Generic  1064. Access, Excess  1445. Supergeneric vs. Mere Commodity  178Coda  197Notes  201References  217Index  237

"This book is a gem, and most importantly, of interest well beyond medical anthropology. It contributes directly to political and economic debates across disciplines, and topically, it will be unexpectedly relevant to studies of populism and ethics, and more broadly, political economy, governance and the state. It is pitched at a level that will probably be best suited for advanced undergraduates onwards." - Juan Manuel del Nido (Bulletin of Latin American Research)