click to view more
The Billion Dollar Molecule One Company s Quest for the Perfect Drug
by [Werth, Barry]
$18.94
List Price: $20.00
Save: $1.06 (5%)
Description
Join journalist Barry Werth as he pulls back the curtain on Vertex, a start-up pharmaceutical company, and witness firsthand the intense drama being played out in the pioneering and hugely profitable field of drug research. Founded by Joshua Boger, a dynamic Harvard- and Merck-trained scientific whiz kid, Vertex is dedicated to designing-- atom by atom-- both a new life-saving immunosuppressant drug, and a drug to combat the virus that causes AIDS.
You will be hooked from start to finish, as you go from the labs, where obsessive, fiercely competitive scientists struggle for a breakthrough, to Wall Street, where the wheeling and dealing takes on a life of its own, as Boger courts investors and finally decides to take Vertex public. Here is a fascinating no-holds-barred account of the business of science, which includes an updated epilogue about the most recent developments in the quest for a drug to cure AIDS.
Last updated on
Product Details
- Simon & Schuster Brand
- Mar 1, 1995 Pub Date:
- 9780671510572 ISBN-13:
- 0671510576 ISBN-10:
- 464.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 8.44 in * 1.3 in * 5.5 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
Money Back
Love it! Use it! Reuse it!
Free Shipping
Shipping is on us
Free Support
24/24 available
