pharmaceutical industry

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The body hunters

testing new drugs on the world's poorest patients
2006
Examines clinical drug trials in developing countries of Africa and Asia, discussing the pharmaceutical industry's motivation to test on poor people, the treatment of patients, and ethical issues involved; and providing what the author believes to be solutions to the problem.

Five days in Paris

a novel
1995
An accidental meeting in Paris changes the lives of powerful businessman Peter Haskell and Oliva Thatcher, wife of a famous senator, leading them to question everything they have worked for and believed in, and giving them hope for the future.

The codex

2004
When Maxwell Broadbent and his entire collection of priceless art, gems, and artifacts disappear, his three sons discover a video tape that leads them on a wild chase around the globe in search of their father.

Prescription drugs

2008
Contains over twenty essays that offer varying perspectives on controversial issues related to prescription drugs, such as safety, the promotion of drugs by pharmaceutical companies, and cost.

The pharmaceutical industry

better medicine for the 21st century
2011
Provides an overview of career opportunities in the twenty-first century in the pharmaceutical industry, and discusses education and training.

The pharmaceutical industry

2012
This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether pharmaceutical research is safe and unbiased, whether the FDA effectively regulates prescription drugs, and whether pharmaceutical marketing practices in the U.S. are adequately regulated.

Sleepless

a novel
2010
Working undercover to stop the black market trade of a sleep-aid drug that has become aggressively sought by a world stricken by pandemic insomnia, Los Angeles cop Parker Haas finds his work compromised by pharmaceutical company corruption.

Why our health matters

a vision of medicine that can transform our future
2009
Discusses what has gone wrong with the American way of health to create the crisis in which the author feels the U.S. is embroiled, and offers a solution that calls for a completely new culture of health and medicine.

The pharmaceutical industry

2009
Contains twenty-three essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to the pharmaceutical industry, debating the safety and bias of research, the regulation and cost of prescription drugs, and the ethics of marketing practices.

The hundred-year lie

how to protect yourself from the chemicals that are destroying your health
2007
Examines how, over the last one hundred years, the pharmaceutical, chemical, and processed foods industries have created dozens of myths that are harming people's health and causing widespread illness and disease.

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