Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8832

Warning: This library includes all items relevant to health product marketing that we are aware of regardless of quality. Often we do not agree with all or part of the contents.

Publication type: book

Hailey A.
Strong Medicine: A Novel
Pan: London 1984
http://www.amazon.com/Strong-Medicine-Novel-Arthur-Hailey/dp/0385504098/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/102-3968322-5585731

Abstract:

Miracle drugs save lives and ease suffering, but for profit-motivated companies, the miracle is the money they generate…at any cost. Billions of dollars in profits will make men and women do many things—lie, cheat, even kill. now one beautiful woman will be caught in the cross fire between ethics and profits. As Celia Jordan’s fast-track career sweeps her into the highest circles of an international drug company, she begins to discover the sins and secrets hidden in the research lab…and in the marketplace. Now the company’s powerful new drug promises a breakthrough in treating a deadly disease. But Celia Jordan knows it may deliver a nightmare.