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Blood Medicine : Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever by Kathleen Sharp (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Blood Medicine : Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever, Paperback by Sharp, Kathleen, ISBN 0452298504, ISBN-13 9780452298507, Brand New, Free shipping in the US An account of the investigation into Johnson & Johnson's blood-booster product Procrit relates how former company sales representative Mark Duxbury lost his job for testifying that the drug was poorly tested, overprescribed, and could cause cancer.

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" 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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0452298504
ISBN-13
9780452298507
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113070631

Product Key Features

Author
Kathleen Sharp
Publication Name
Blood Medicine : Blowing the Whistle onOne of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
448 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz

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Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Reviews
"A page-turner, this alarming chronicle of profit seeking in American medicine will appeal to all who are invested in the health care they receive or the drugs they're prescribed." -- Library Journal, "A page-turner, this alarming chronicle of profit seeking in American medicine will appeal to all who are invested in the health care they receive or the drugs they're prescribed." - Library Journal
Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Health Care Delivery, Industries / Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Pharmacology, Corporate & Business History, Business
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, Medical