The Billion-Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2013) Author: Andy Northedge

Author: Andy Northedge

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The Billion-Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2013) Author: Andy NorthedgeJoin 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. Founded by Joshua Boger, a dynamic Harvard and Merck trained scientific whiz kid, Vertex is dedicated to designingatom by atomboth a new life saving immunosuppressant drug, and a drug to combat the virus that causes AIDS. You will