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The Billion Dollar Molecule

Join 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.


Author:

  • Barry Werth

Narrator:

  • Stephen Bowlby

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 18 h 26 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Nonfiction
  • Business
  • Natural sciences
  • Technology
  • Nonfiction
  • Medicine and nursing

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  • 6 books

    Barry Werth

    Barry Werth is an award-winning journalist and the acclaimed author of seven books. His landmark first book, The Billion-Dollar Molecule, recounts the founding and early struggles of a start-up pharmaceutical company. Werth’s articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and GQ, among others. He has taught journalism and nonfiction writing at Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Boston University. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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