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For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug
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A master class in the machinations of modern drug development. Adrian Woolfson, ScienceA gripping business narrative and scientific thriller about what it takes to bring a wonder drug to marketand save countless lives.For Blood and Money tells the littleknown story of how an upstart biotechnology company created a oneinamillion cancer drug, and how the core teamdenied their share of the profitswent and did it again. In this epic saga of money and science, veteran financial journalist Nathan Vardi explains how the invention of two of the biggest cancer drugs in history became (for their backers) two of the greatest Wall Street bets of all time.In the multibilliondollar business of biotech, where pharmaceutical companies, the government, hedge funds, and venture capitalists have spent billions on funding, experimentation, and treatments, a single molecule can stop cancer in its tracksand make the people who find that rare molecule astonishingly rich. For Blood and Money follows a small team at a biotech startup in California, who have found one of these rare molecules. Their compound, known as a BTK inhibitor, seems to work on a vicious type of leukemia. When patients start rising from their hospice beds, the team knows theyre onto something big.What follows is a story of genius, pathos, and drama, in which vivid characters navigate a world of corporate intrigue and ambiguous morality. Vardis narrative immerses readers in the recent explosion of biotech startups. He describes the scientists, doctors, and investors who are risking everything to develop new, lifesaving treatments, and introduces suffering patients for whom the stakes are lifeordeath. A gripping nonfiction read, For Blood and Money illustrates why its so hard to bring new drugs to market, explains why they are so expensive, and examines how profitdriven venture capitalists are shaping the future of medicine.
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