Bottle of lies the inside story of the generic drug boom
"Many have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health developments of the twenty-first century. Today, almost 90 percent of our pharmaceutical market is comprised of generics, the majority of which are manufactured overseas. We have been reassured by o...
| Main Author: | Eban, Katherine (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Shifting ground. The man who saw further ; The gold rush ; A slum for the rich ; The language of quality ; Red flags
- Part II: India rises. Freedom fighters ; One dollar a day ; A clever way of doing things ; The assignment
- Part III: A cat-and-mouse business. The global cover-up ; Map of the world ; The pharaoh of pharma
- Part IV: Making a case. Out of the shadows ; "Do not give to FDA" ; "How big is the problem?" ; Diamond and ruby ; "You just don't get it"
- Part V: Detectives in the dark. Congress wakes up ; Solving for X ; A test of endurance ; A deep, dark well ; The $600 million jacket
- Part VI: The watershed. The light switch ; We are the champions ; Crashing files ; The ultimate testing laboratory
- Part VII: Reckonings. Flies too numerous to count ; Standing.