{"product_id":"the-billion-dollar-molecule-the-quest-for-the-perfect-drug-paperback","title":"The Billion-Dollar Molecule: The Quest for the Perfect Drug - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Werth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoin 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFounded 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Werth is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in such publications as \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Washington Monthly, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGQ, \u003c\/i\u003e where he is a writer-at-large. Currently at work on an expose about doctors and lawyers, he lives in Northampton, Massachusett\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 8.4 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964724543789,"sku":"9780671510572","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-billion-dollar-molecule-the-quest-for-the-perfect-drug-paperback-8581569.webp?v=1775474227","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-billion-dollar-molecule-the-quest-for-the-perfect-drug-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}