Vermittlungsarbeit

In which ways do knowledge production and economic value creation interact in natural product chemistry as various kinds of data and compounds are generated, analysed and circulated? And is there something new about those services offered by specialised actors? Based on an ethnographic case study in a small company and on insights from the history and sociology of science and medicine, this book investigates a series of practices which, considered as a whole, constitute a form of market-oriented intermediary work. For this purpose, highly specialised research is not enough: Mobilising a vast array of biological materials is as crucial as being able to deal with regulatory issues and offer compounds in standardised formats.