The $800 Million Pill
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-24670-6 (ISBN)
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A university biochemist who spent twenty years searching for a single blood protein that later became the best-selling biotech drug in the world, a government employee who discovered the causes for dozens of crippling genetic disorders, and the Department of Energy-funded research that made the Human Genome Project possible--these engrossing accounts illustrate how medical breakthroughs actually take place. The $800 Million Pill suggests ways that the government's role in testing new medicines could be expanded to eliminate the private sector waste driving up the cost of existing drugs. Pharmaceutical firms should be compelled to refocus their human and financial resources on true medical innovation, Goozner insists. This book is essential reading for everyone concerned about the politically charged topics of drug pricing, Medicare coverage, national health care, and the role of pharmaceutical companies in developing countries.
Merrill Goozner is former Chief Economics Correspondent at the Chicago Tribune. Winner of six Peter Lisagor Awards, Goozner is a contributing editor for The American Prospect. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Magazine, Columbia Journalism Review, Washington Monthly, Fortune Small Business, Slate.com, and Salon.com, among other publications.
Introduction Part I. Biohype 1. The Longest Search 2. Rare Profits 3. The Source of the New Machine Part II. Directed Research 4. A Public-Private Partnership 5. The Divorce 6. Breakthrough! 7. The Failed Crusade? Part III. Big Pharma 8. Me Too! 9. The $800 Million Pill 10. The Future of Innovation Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.10.2005 |
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Verlagsort | Berkerley |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pharmazie | |
Wirtschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-520-24670-5 / 0520246705 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-24670-6 / 9780520246706 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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