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The Billion-Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug (A Touchstone book) (Paperback)

by Barry Werth (Author)

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Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Revised edition edition (6 Sep 1995)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0671510576
ISBN-13: 978-0671510572
Product Dimensions: 21 x 14.2 x 3.2 cm

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5.0 out of 5 stars A excellent cross between business text and fiction, 23 Mar 1999

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I read this book a couple of years ago and enjoyed it very much. Over time I have forgetten about it. But lately I've been doing research into new business creation and remembered this well written book. Many of the dry lessons of academic research are presented in a case study that reads like fiction.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, vivid insights into biotech hustle, 6 Jan 1999

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A well-told, vivid story about real life drug development, executed with a sharp observer's eye and an even hand. Hardly a gushing account of medical miracles in the making, but by no means industry bashing either. Rather, an inside look at real people in a fascinating world. This book never quite got the critical acclaim that it deserved.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for the aspiring scientist/academician, 18 Nov 1998

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This book captures the complex relationship between academia and industry. It manages to give a realistic account of what it takes to "make it" both in academia and in industry. Although the descriptions of the scientists in the book tend to be overstated in order to sell novels, they do reflect a kernel of truth (I have met Stuart Schreiber and will work in his labs for my doctorate). This book also manages to capture the excitement of scientific discovery and how hard people in the lab must work to do cutting-edge scientist. The science has always and will always exist--it's a race against yourself to get the essentials truths of Nature.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is one hell of a book; an epic saga, a page-turner
Good info. on biotech, too, for the educated layperson

Published on 14 Oct 1998

5.0 out of 5 stars A real insiders account of a high-tech startup
Barry Werth has managed in this book to capture the essence of the excitement, frustrations, suffering and satisfaction of being in a successful high-tech startup company. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book.Well written. Very informative re;pharmaceuticals
I read this book a few years ago and mention it to many of my associates in academia. It is a must read for people who are professors at pharmacy schools.

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I first read this book nearly two years ago as research for a novel I was writing. Recently, I turned to it once more to pick up a few terms and found myself reading chapter... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary look into the world of Big Pharma
Barry's Werth spent several years with the scientists and bio-venturers who formed Vertex Pharmaceuticals. The work paid off in an insightful and entertaining book. Read more

Published on 12 Jan 1998

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