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Blood Medicine
by Sharp, Kathleen
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG
- ISBN 10
- 0452298504
- ISBN 13
- 9780452298507
- Seller
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Urbana, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Plume, 2012. 440pp. Extremities lightly rubbed; small tear top of front cover. Endnotes & index.. Paperback. VG.
Synopsis
“ Blood Feud rivals A Civil Action for best non-fiction book of the past twenty years.” — John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author of Damage Procrit seemed like a biotech miracle, promising a golden age in medical care. Developed in the 1980s by Amgen and licensed to the pharmaceutical giant, Johnson & Johnson, the drug (AKA Epogen and Aranesp) soon generated billions in annual revenue—and still does. In 2012, world famous cyclist, Olympian, and Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was banned from professional cycling on doping charges for using EPO (the blanket name for the drugs Procrit and Epogen), resulting in a global controversy about abuse, big pharmaceutical companies, and the lies and inaccuracies concerning performance-enhancing drugs. Mark Duxbury was a J&J salesman who once believed in the blood-booster, setting record sales and winning company awards. Then Duxbury started to learn unsavory truths about Procrit and J&J’s business practices. He was fired and filed a whistleblower suit to warn the public. When Jan Schlichtman ( A Civil Action ) learned of Duxbury’s crusade, he signed on. Now, he’s fighting on behalf of cancer patients and for every American who trusts Big Pharma with his life.
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- Bookseller
- Priceless Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 228630
- Title
- Blood Medicine
- Author
- Sharp, Kathleen
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- ISBN 10
- 0452298504
- ISBN 13
- 9780452298507
- Publisher
- Plume
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Life Science Medicine
Terms of Sale
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