{"product_id":"the-billion-dollar-molecule-barry-werth-9780671510572","title":"The Billion-Dollar Molecule: The Quest for the Perfect Drug","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Werth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0671510576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671510572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.55w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/20\/1995","brand":"Barry Werth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045834911999,"sku":"9780671510572","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb15f171-8f16-4a3b-86f5-306bd72185d6.jpg?v=1684981045","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-billion-dollar-molecule-barry-werth-9780671510572","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}