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Blood Medicine: Blowing The Whistle On One Of The Deadliest Prescription Drugs EverStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionProcrit seemed like a biotech miracle, promising a golden age in medical care. Developed in the 1980s by Amgen and licensed to the pharmaceutical giant, Johnson & Johnson, the drug (AKA Epogen and Aranesp) soon generated billions in annual revenue - and still does. In 2012, world famous cyclist, Olympian and Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was banned from professional cycling on doping charges for using EPO (the blanket name for the drugs Procrit and Epogen), resulting in a global controversy about abuse, big pharmaceutical companies, and the lies and inaccuracies concerning performance-enhancing drugs. Reviews"A page-turner, this alarming chronicle of profit seeking in American medicine will appeal to all who are invested in the health care they receive or the drugs they're prescribed." - Library Journal "Blood Feud rivals A Civil Action for best non-fiction book of the past twenty years." - John Lescroart, "New York Times" bestselling author of Damage Author descriptionKathleen Sharp is a journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Parade, Elle, and Fortune, among many other publications; she has won six awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, among other honors. She lives in Santa Barbara, California. |