The Billion Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug
by Barry Werth
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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. 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. 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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #21910 in Books
- Published on: 1995-03-01
- Released on: 1995-03-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.16" h x 5.55" w x 8.40" l, .90 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 464 pages
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