| from taxol to taxol: the changing identities and ownership of an anti-cancer drug. | this paper analyzes the emergence and evolution of taxol, the world's bestselling anti-cancer drug. over the years taxol has changed its identity, its status as property, and its association with different places (from the old-growth forests of washington state to the government agencies of washington, d.c., to laboratories in france). taxol is not only a profitable pharmaceutical commodity and a substance injected into women with breast and/or ovarian cancer; it is also a natural product found ... | 2002 | 12458837 |