Miracle Medicines
Seven Lifesaving Drugs and the People Who Created Them
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نقد و بررسی
March 15, 2007
Despite prolific nonfiction writer Shook's (coauthor, Longaberger: An American Success Story) title, this is really a business book, a homage to the largest pharmaceutical companies and the people who created them. Shook devotes a chapter each to seven high-profile contemporary drugs (e.g., Advair, Humalog, Norvir). He starts with a profile of the manufacturing company, then describes the development and marketing of the medication. This is one of our society's favorite topics, and the book has a can't-lose formulaa skilled writer describing rags-to-riches stories of powerful people, high-stakes products, and huge amounts of money. But be warned: Shook makes no pretense of presenting a balanced picture of pharmaceutical companies. In the afterword, he concludes that the people in the pharmaceutical companies "are driven by their strong desire to do the right thing for humankind. This is what motivates them to go to their jobs each morning and spend long hours doing tedious work." For the other side of the story, see Ray Moynihan and Alan Cassels's Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients. Recommended for public libraries.Fran Mentch, Cleveland State Univ. Lib.
Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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