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The Billion-Dollar Molecule

Paperback • 1995 • English

The Billion-Dollar Molecule

By Barry Werth

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About the book

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...Show more

Business studies: general
Business ethics and social responsibility
Entrepreneurship / Start-ups

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ISBN

9780671510572

Publisher

Simon Schuster

Published year

1995

Language

English

Original title

The Billion-Dollar Molecule

Format

Paperback

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