No more tears the dark secrets of Johnson & Johnson
In No More Tears, Gardiner Harris, a former pharmaceutical reporter for The New York Times, uncovers the dark truth behind Johnson & Johnson, one of the largest healthcare companies in the world. After a chance encounter with a sales rep in 2004, Harris became determined to expose the company's unet...
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Random House
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: A quintessentially American company
- Part I: Consumer products. Section I: Trust from birth. An emotional bond ; Three brothers go to New Brunswick, 1860-1968
- Section II: Johnson's baby powder. Mineral twins ; The FDA conducts a survey ; Birth of the modern FDA ; The power of pressure ; A meeting at a Harvard hospital ; Secrecy is a top priority ; A sacred cow
- Section III: Tylenol. An infamous crime, the birth of a myth ; Problems with the narrative ; Never an adversarial relationship ; The cost of doing business
- Part II: Prescription drugs. A valley of death in drug discovery
- Section IV: Procrit. The first great biotech franchise is born ; How giving cash to doctors became good business ; J & J's biggest-selling drug ; A brave researcher breaks the silence ; Miracle-Gro for cancer
- Section V: Risperdal. A path of a normal life ; A treatment for everything and everyone ; Serious red flags ; A big target ; Ice cream and popcorn parties ; A turning point ; One of the most alarming warnings ; They knew they were a good company
- Section VI: Duragesic. An epidemic foretold ; Opium blossoms in Tasmania ; Less prone to abuse ; Evolve the value discussion
- Section VII: Ortho Evra birth control patch. The pill and the patch
- Part III: Medical devices. The FDA goes looking for a savior
- Section VIII: Pinnacle metal-on-metal hip implant. Two terrible dilemmas ; God, Nazis, and hip implants ; Never stop moving
- Section IX: Prolift vaginal mesh. A cure for sag ; "Usually minor and well manageable"
- Part VI: Vaccination. Section X: COVID. A rare shot a redemption
- Acknowledments
- Notes
- Index.
