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1) The truth about the drug companies: how they deceive us and what to do about it

Author

Angell, Marcia

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

c2004

2) The body hunters: testing new drugs on the world's poorest patients

Author

Shah, Sonia

Publisher

Distributed by W.W. Norton

Pub. Date

2006

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Hailed by John le Carré as an act of courage on the part of its author" and singled out for praise by the leading medical journals in the United States and the United Kingdom, The Body Hunters uncovers the real-life story behind le Carré's acclaimed novel The Constant Gardener and the feature film based on it. Sonia Shah's riveting journalistic account shines a much-needed spotlight on a disturbing new global trend. Drawing on years of original...

3) The antidote: inside the world of new pharma

Author

Werth, Barry

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

2014

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"This is the Moneyball of the pharma world, the story of one drug company's quest to transform the pharmaceutical industry and a deeply revealing look into a world where breakneck capitalism meets life-saving medicine.The $325 billion-a-year pharmaceutical business is America's most challenging and one of its most profitable. It is tougher in just about every way than any other enterprise: from the towering biological risks inherent in its mission...