{"product_id":"blood-medicine-kathleen-sharp-9780452298507","title":"Blood Medicine: Blowing the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBlood Feud\u003c\/i\u003e rivals \u003ci\u003eA Civil Action\u003c\/i\u003e for best non-fiction book of the past twenty years.\" -- John Lescroart, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDamage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProcrit 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 \u0026amp; 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark Duxbury was a J\u0026amp;J salesman who once believed in the blood-booster, setting record sales and winning company awards. Then Duxbury started to learn unsavory truths about Procrit and J\u0026amp;J's business practices. He was fired and filed a whistleblower suit to warn the public. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Jan Schlichtman (\u003ci\u003eA Civil Action\u003c\/i\u003e) learned of Duxbury's crusade, he signed on. Now, he's fighting on behalf of cancer patients and for every American who trusts Big Pharma with his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Sharp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0452298504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452298507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.34w x 1.31d","brand":"Kathleen Sharp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47304760033535,"sku":"9780452298507","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fcdce57-eac1-475f-a968-e356760bbdfd.jpg?v=1758829087","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-medicine-kathleen-sharp-9780452298507","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}