Blood Medicine : Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever

by Sharp, Kathleen

• ISBN13: 9780452298507
• ISBN10: 0452298504
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-01
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

" Blood Feudrivals A Civil Actionfor best non-fiction book of the past twenty years." - John Lescroart, New York Timesbestselling 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. Mark Duxbury was a J&J salesman who 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.

Author Biography

Kathleen Sharp is a journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Parade, Elle, and Fortune, among many other publications; she has won six awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, among other honors. She lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Meet and Greet	p. 7
The Deal	p. 24
Medicine Road	p. 41
Raise the Stakes	p. 54
The Cancer Indication	p. 66
Chosen One	p. 82
The Deposition	p. 101
On the Border	p. 112
Blues	p. 129
Quality of Life	p. 148
Gaslighting	p. 164
The Overdose Plan	p. 177
The Millionaires' Club	p. 197
"Strength for Living"	p. 219
Code Mistress	p. 234
The Arbitrator	p. 257
For the King	p. 273
Black Ops	p. 289
The Eleventh Hour	p. 303
Twice Saved	p. 319
Miracle-Gro	p. 335
Brothers	p. 355
As the World Spins	p. 369
The Burden	p. 384
Notes	p. 401
Acknowledgments	p. 423
Index	p. 425
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