Understanding The Business of Biotechnology & Drug Development
Discover the business of biotechnology and drug development through essential reads like *Science Lessons*, *The World is Flat*, and *Mountains Beyond Mountains*—exploring innovation, strategy, and human impact.
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Snake Oil Science: The Truth About Complementary and Alternative Medicine
by Bausell Ph.D., R. Barker
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The Ghost Map
by Steven Johnson
A historical chronicle of Victorian London's worst cholera outbreak traces the day-by-day efforts of Dr. John Snow, who put his own life on the line in his efforts to prove his previously dismissed contagion theory about how the epidemic was spreading. Reprint.
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Science Lessons
by Gordon M. Binder
Under Gordon Binder's leadership, Amgen became the world's largest and most successful biotech company in the world. This text describes what it really takes to manage risk, financing, creative employees, and intellectual property on the international stage.
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
by Tracy Kidder
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 20th Anniversary Edition, with a new foreword by the author • “[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views.”—USA Today “If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishment’s thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains] inspires, discomforts, and provokes.”—The New York Times (Best Books of the Year) In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder’s magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems, and disease. Profound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes people’s minds through his dedication to the philosophy that “the only real nation is humanity.” WINNER OF THE LETTRE ULYSSES AWARD FOR THE ART OF REPORTAGE
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My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
Written with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity, this novel is about a teen who was conceived as a bone marrow match for her sister Kate, and what happens when she begins to question who she really is.
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The World is Flat
by Thomas L. Friedman
Offers a concise history of globalization, discussing a wide range of topics, from the September 11 terrorist attacks to the growth of the middle class in both China and India.
