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This is a story about greed. The story of vaginal mesh and genital mutilation has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster--billions of dollars, vulnerable women patients, Lamborghinis and ski trips dangled in front of doctors, and scandalous corporate emails. But it's not a movie. It is real life, and real women are left suffering in the wake of capitalism gone wild. ""SHOW ME THE MONEY!"" --opening slide in Johnson & Johnson PowerPoint presentation to sales reps on winning domination of the mesh market ""We [sales reps] had, like, scripts designed to highlight the financial benefits of mesh implants. Like, 'See that Lamborghini in the parking lot? That could be YOUR Lamborghini, doctor.'"" --former sales representative for Johnson & Johnson ""Extirpation of vaginal mesh is akin to taking a hammer and chisel and trying to remove the rebar from a sidewalk while leaving the cement otherwise intact. It is difficult, if not impossible, to remove all the mesh and do it safely."" --Dr. Tom Margolis ""My personal experience [involves] trying to teach full time with a piece of plastic hanging out of an open wound in my vagina for the last three months. I can assure you that it was not just an inconvenience or a trivial or superficial incident."" --Fiona, mesh survivor

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Alicia Mundy is an award-winning author, reporter, and columnist in Washington, D.C. She has covered health care and the pharmaceutical- and medical-device industry for twenty years. She focused on Congress and the lobbying of powerful corporations and interest groups representing health care companies, such as vaginal mesh makers. Her first book, Dispensing with the Truth, revealed company secrets about the fen-phen diet drug scandal and was a semifinalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Award. She was a reporter in the DC bureau of the Wall Street Journal and later was chief investigator for Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee, looking at the high costs of medicine. Jennifer Banmiller has been involved in the consumer marketing and media business for thirty years. She is the founder of Wingtip Communications, Inc., as well as legal consumer advocacy sites such as www.periscopegroup.com. The author of ""Salesmanship 101"" for attorneys, she is a fervent advocate for consumers in the healthcare field.

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