The Billion-Dollar Molecule - (Touchstone Book) by Barry Werth (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This inside account of Vertex, a start-up pharmaceutical company, conveys the exciting drama being played out in the pioneering and enormously profitable field of drug research. Vertex is dedicated to designing--atom by atom--a new life-saving immunosuppressant drug that has major implications for HIV research.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>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.</b> <p/>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. <p/>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Geoffrey Smith <i>Business Week</i> A riveting tale that has more in common with a John Grisham thriller than with tomes on modern science.<br><br>John Schwartz <i>The Washington Post</i> The inside skinny...a high stakes tale of adventure and intrigue: Barbarians at the Lab. Werth's work is a gem.<br><br>John Travis <i>The Boston Globe</i> Fascinating...gripping...must reading for anyone curious about an industry that promises to revolutionize medical care in the next century.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Barry Werth</b> is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in such publications as <i>The New York Times, Washington Monthly, </i> and <i>GQ, </i> where he is a writer-at-large. Currently at work on an expose about doctors and lawyers, he lives in Northampton, Massachusett
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