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Author:

Vasella, Daniel.

Title:

Magic cancer bullet : how a tiny orange pill is rewriting medical history / Daniel Vasella, with Robert Slater.

Publisher:

HarperBusiness,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

viii, 258 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Imatinib.
Neoplasms--drug therapy.
Piperazines--therapeutic use.
Imatinib mésylate.
Novartis AG--Chemotherapie--Leukämie--Chemotherapie--Erlebnisbericht.
Leukämie--Novartis AG--Arzneimittelentwicklung--Novartis AG--Erlebnisbericht.
Chemotherapie--Novartis AG--Arzneimittelentwicklung--Novartis AG--Erlebnisbericht.
Arzneimittelentwicklung--Chemotherapie--Leukämie--Chemotherapie--Erlebnisbericht.

Other Authors:

Slater, Robert, 1943-

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

The dreaded word -- Foreword: patient tales -- Introduction -- -- Molecules and pathways -- It's in our genes -- On the shoulders of giants -- The diamond -- -- Patients and doctors - the awakening -- -- The moment of truth -- The petition -- -- Managing gleevec -- Victory in May: a record-breaking approval -- Succcess management: giving credit where credit is due.

ISBN:

9780060010300 (alk. paper)
0060010304 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2002038769

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)