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The Billion-Dollar Molecule: The Quest for the Perfect Drug

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The Billion-Dollar Molecule: The Quest for the Perfect DrugJoin 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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 03/01/1995
ISBN: 9780671510572
Pages: 464
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.55w x 1.16d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/20/1995
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