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Kenber, Billy.

Sick Money The Truth About the Global Pharmaceutical Industry. [electronic resource] : - Edinburgh : Canongate Books, 2021. - 1 online resource (299 p.)

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Intro -- A note to readers -- Introduction -- Prologue -- A house near Lake Ontario -- 1. Apothecaries, pills and guns -- 2. AZT -- the first AIDS drug -- 3. The hunt for blockbusters -- 4. How to price a drug -- 5. Dirty pharma -- 6. The trick -- 7. The acquisition game -- 8. A one-sided tug of war -- 9. The drugs we get -- 10. Hard science -- 11. Fighting back -- 12. A reckoning -- Epilogue -- Concordia's fall -- Acknowledgements -- Notes and references -- Index

ISBN: 1838850279 9781838850272 (electronic bk.)

Source: CanongateBooks6852 Ingram Content Group

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC136177 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020123672 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pharmaceutical industry--Finance.
Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices.
Industrie pharmaceutique--Finances.
Industrie pharmaceutique--Pratiques déloyales.
Pharmaceutical industry--Corrupt practices.
Pharmaceutical industry--Finance.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD9665.5

Dewey Class. No.: 338.476151