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Science and innovation Science and innovation Alfonso Gambardella This book examines an increasingly important phenomenon for competitiveness and innovation in industry: namely, the growing use of scientific principles in industrial research. Industrial innovation … OL10582901W
The drugging of the Americas The drugging of the Americas Milton Morris Silverman In the United States, drug companies promoting their products to physicians are required by law to limit their claims to what they can prove, and to make full disclosure of all known hazards. Dr. Sil… OL1152768W
Why our health matters Why our health matters Andrew Weil A landmark book that shows us exactly how we have let health and medicine become a crisis in our society and what we can all do to resolve it Healthcare is no longer just a public issue; for millions… OL145312W
Altered state Altered state Gregg R. Luke Homer and Morgan Winegar believe they may have finally found happiness in the quiet college town in which they have settled. Perhaps now in their new life together with Morgan's nine-year-old son, t… OL15083390W
The pharmaceutical industry The pharmaceutical industry Roman Espejo "The Pharmaceutical Industry: Is Pharmaceutical Research Safe and Unbiased?; Are Prescription Drugs Appropriately Regulated?; Are Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices Ethical?; Is the Cost of Prescript… OL16002317W
Deadly Monopolies Deadly Monopolies Harriet A. Washington Think your body is your own to control and dispose of as you wish? Think again. The United States Patent Office has granted at least 40,000 patents on genes controlling the most basic processes of hu… OL16262848W
Die Schering AG in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus Die Schering AG in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus Gert J. Wlasich Vor 160 Jahren eröffnete Ernst Schering in Berlin die »Grüne Apotheke«, aus der später der Chemie- und Pharmakonzern Schering hervorging. Aus diesem Anlass werden Geschichte und Kultur dieses Unterne… OL16331674W
Micro Micro Preston, Richard,Richard Preston,Michael Crichton An instant classic in the vein of Jurassic Park, this boundary-pushing novel has all the hallmarks of Michael Crichton s greatest adventures with its combination of pulse-pounding thrills, cutting-ed… OL16421115W
Cleaning validation manual Cleaning validation manual Syed Imtiaz Haider "With over 20 easy-to-use template protocols for cleaning validation of extensively used equipments, this book provides technical solutions to assist in fulfilling the training needs of finished phar… OL16917895W
Sleepless Sleepless Charlie Huston Parker T Haas is a straight-arrow LAPD cop whose cast-iron sense of right and wrong has made him a lone wolf on the force. But when a plague of sleeplessness attacks Los Angeles and the world beyond,… OL16981473W
The last pirate The last pirate Tony Dokoupil "NBC News"senior writer Dokoupil offers a gripping examination of his longtime marijuana-dealing father, as well as a researched look at the evolution of American narcotics laws. In the early 1970s, … OL17896075W
Bad Pharma: How Medicine is Broken, and How We Can Fix it Bad Pharma: How Medicine is Broken, and How We Can Fix it Ben Goldacre We like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the researc… OL18818714W
The antidote The antidote Barry Werth In 1989, the charismatic Joshua Boger left Merck, then America's most admired business, to found a drug company that would challenge industry giants and transform health care. Journalist Barry Werth … OL19708298W
Blitzed Blitzed Norman Ohler "The Nazi regime preached an ideology of physical, mental, and moral purity. But as Norman Ohler reveals in this gripping new history, the Third Reich was saturated with drugs. On the eve of World Wa… OL20049184W
The Truth About the Drug Companies The Truth About the Drug Companies Marcia Angell During her two decades at The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Marcia Angell had a front-row seat on the appalling spectacle of the pharmaceutical industry. She watched drug companies stray from … OL2076616W
Call to witness Call to witness Sherry Blackman "Call to Witness is the true story of one woman's battle with disability, discrimination, and a leading pharmaceutical powerhouse. Jane Gagliardo was a throwaway employee, fired after working nearly … OL23151660W
A collusion of powers A collusion of powers V. Christian Kingsford "Ralph Simon is once again whisked-off to work in conjunction with the agency and occupation he's detested for over thirty-years. This time it's to aid a friend in need and to help the man who's take… OL27013836W
Tono-Bungay Tono-Bungay H. G. Wells George Ponderovo's quiet young life is changed forever when he is forced to leave home and is apprenticed to his dynamic Uncle Edward in his chemist's shop. Edward, determined to "strike out", invent… OL52269W
The King of Torts The King of Torts John Grisham The office of the public defender is not known as a training ground for bright young litigators. Clay Carter has been there too long and, like most of his colleagues, dreams of a better job in a real… OL77011W
Virus Mania Virus Mania Torsten Engelbrecht,Claus Koehnlein A daily scan through the news gives the impression that the world is constantly invaded by virus epidemics. The latest headlines feature the human papillomavirus (HPV) alleged to cause cervical cance… OL9780916W
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