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The Billion-Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug
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Barry Werth
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Pioneering pharma's quest for groundbreaking drugs.
If you're fascinated by the intersection of science and business, "The Billion-Dollar Molecule" could be just the narrative you're looking for. Barry Werth offers an insider's view into the high-stakes world of pharmaceutical development, filled with intense competition and thrilling scientific innovation. It’s a compelling dive into how drugs that could change the world are created and commercialized.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
The Billion-Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug
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Barry Werth
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ISBN: 9780671510572
Authors:
Barry Werth
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date of Publication: 1995-03-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.93
(rated by 973 readers)
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Join journalist Barry Werth as he pulls back the curtain on Vertex, a start-up pharmaceutical company, and witness firsthand the intense drama being played out in the pioneering and hugely profitable field of drug research. Founded by Joshua Boger, a dynamic Harvard- and Merck-trained scientific whiz kid, Vertex is dedicated to designing—atom by atom—both a new life-saving immunosuppressant drug, and a drug to combat the virus that causes AIDS. You will be hooked from start to finish, as you go from the labs, where obsessive, fiercely competitive scientists struggle for a breakthrough, to Wall Street, where the wheeling and dealing takes on a life of its own, as Boger courts investors and finally decides to take Vertex public. Here is a fascinating no-holds-barred account of the business of science, which includes an updated epilogue about the most recent developments in the quest for a drug to cure AIDS.
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Pioneering pharma's quest for groundbreaking drugs.
If you're fascinated by the intersection of science and business, "The Billion-Dollar Molecule" could be just the narrative you're looking for. Barry Werth offers an insider's view into the high-stakes world of pharmaceutical development, filled with intense competition and thrilling scientific innovation. It’s a compelling dive into how drugs that could change the world are created and commercialized.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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