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Author:

Posner, Gerald L., author.

Title:

Pharma : greed, lies, and the poisoning of America / Gerald Posner.

Edition:

First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Avid Reader Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xi, 802 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Pharmaceutical industry--United States.
Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices--United States.
Pharmaceutical industry--Moral and ethical aspects.
Prescription pricing--United States.
Drugs--Prices--United States.
Purdue Pharma L.P.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Pharmaceutical breakthroughs such as antibiotics and vaccines rank among some of the greatest advancements in human history. Yet exorbitant prices for life-saving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of millions of Americans, and soaring rates of addiction and overdose on prescription opioids have caused many to lose faith in drug companies. Now, Americans are demanding a national reckoning with a monolithic industry.

ISBN:

1501151894
9781501151897

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1141859890

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