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    Strong Medicine
    Strong Medicine
    Strong Medicine
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    Strong Medicine

    Written by Arthur Hailey

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    Master storyteller Arthur Hailey’s New York Times–bestselling novel takes readers behind the scenes of the billion-dollar pharmaceutical drug industry

    It starts as a routine case: Mary Rowe contracts hepatitis from unclean drinking water, and the infection should work its way out of her system in a few days. But when the illness worsens and she slips into a coma, Dr. Andrew Jordan is forced to tell Rowe’s husband that his wife is dying. It’s 1957 and there simply isn’t a drug that can save her. Pharmaceutical saleswoman Celia de Grey then offers Dr. Jordan a sample of an experimental drug that cures the dying woman overnight. This marks the beginning of an epic journey—and a great romance—for a dedicated internist and an idealistic, ambitious woman.

    The miracle cure establishes de Grey as a rising star within the industry. But as the years pass, she and her husband, Dr. Jordan, begin to realize that her bosses are driven not by the desire to eradicate disease, but by greed. Millions can be made in matters of life and death—for those who don’t mind getting blood on their hands.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateNov 14, 2008
    ISBN9781423371533
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    Arthur Hailey

    Arthur Hailey (5 April 1920 - 24 November 2004) was a British-Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His meticulously researched books, which include such bestsellers as Hotel (1965), Airport (1968), Wheels (1971), The Moneychangers (1975), and Overload (1979), have sold 170 million copies in 38 languages.

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    • 3/5
      Not anywhere as good as HOTEL, and really outdated, but I enjoyed it regardless. Once the story got rolling about 25% of the way through, I enjoyed it.
    • 2/5
      I picked this book up in a thrift shop because I remembered reading and enjoying it years ago. I thought it would be like reading an episode of 'Mad Men' - all retro and the like.It wasn't actually anything like that. I didn't get that 'retro' feel because it wasn't. There were no pretty lights and shadows to cover up the fact that this book was misogynistic, homophobic and racist and that, in 1984 that was okay. I suppose the storytelling was interesting enough - it follows the story of Celia Jordan - a woman who, against all odds, rises to the top of her profession in the pharmaceutical industry. We follow the development of new drugs - the testing, the approval, the success and occasionally the spectacular failure. I'm thinking that a modern retelling of a story on this topic could very well be worth reading - this version is no longer the correct vehicle for this story.
    • 3/5
      A book I've read in Dutch as a teenager and back then liked it a lot. Received an English copy from my cousin so I thought let's give it a try and I still enjoyed the read. Just an easy read.