Overview
Blood-boosting Procrit is Johnson & Johnson's biotech superstar. Behind its various brand names, it ranks as Medicare's most reimbursed drug. But Procrit performs frighteningly well, and can stimulate so many blood cells that thousands of patients die in unexplained and painful ways. And that's not all: Cancer patients, who often receive injections, are never warned that the drug stimulates tumor growth, too, prompting one leading hematologist to dub it Miracle-Gro for cancer. While patients have no clue about the risks behind this poorly tested drug, Johnson & Johnson sales rep Mark Duxbury knows precisely what is happening-the pharma behemoth is blatantly marketing overdoses of the drug. Duxbury tries to warn his superiors and is forced to testify in a secret court about illegal schemes. But his honesty costs him his career. Humiliated and ignored for years, Duxbury is ultimately betrayed in a shockingly cruel way. The psychological trauma drives him to attempt suicide, yet he fights on for several more years until the heartbreaking end. A Civil Action's Jan Schlichtmann has taken on the case, and is back in federal district court in Massachusetts. And all the while, Johnson & Johnson has continued to push sales of Procrit. Blood Feud is award-winning journalist Kathleen Sharp's nail-biting expose of the Procrit case. Packed with corporate espionage, plot twists, and larger-than-life characters, it's as gripping as it is terrifyingly true.
Full Product Details
Author: Kathleen Sharp ,
Coleen Marlo
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
Imprint: Tantor Media, Inc
Edition: Unabridged
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 13.70cm
Weight: 0.079kg
ISBN: 9781452603766
ISBN 10: 1452603766
Publication Date: 20 September 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Sharp tells the story of sales rep Mark Duxbury, who challenged the wisdom of selling Procrit and, after testifying in a closed court, was hounded from his job. ---Library Journal
Coleen Marlo clearly gets across Duxbury's utter exasperation....Both writer and narrator do a good job of making the topic clear and compelling. ---AudioFile
Author Information
Kathleen Sharp is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in vanity Fair and the New York Times Magazine and the author of Mr. & Mrs. Hollywood and In Good Faith. AudioFile Earphones Award winner Coleen Marlo has been nominated three times for an Audie Award, winning for Snakewoman of Little Egypt by Robert Hellenga. She has also been awarded three Listen-Up Awards from Publishers Weekly, and Publishers Weekly named Coleen Audiobook Reader of the Year for 2010.
