{"product_id":"9780671510572","title":"The Billion-Dollar Molecule","description":"Author: Barry Werth\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780671510572\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 05 Jul 1995\u003cbr\u003ePages: 464\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n Founded 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\n You 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.","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46914565374110,"sku":"HPC-9780671510572","price":37.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780671510572.jpg?v=1780036272","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780671510572","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}