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Clay Carter at the office of the public defender like most of his colleagues dreams of a better job in a real firm. When he reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week. As he digs into his background, however, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe, a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies...
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English
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Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis.
The Sacklers are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and the sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sacklers...
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English
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Best-selling author Margaret Truman is beloved for her highly acclaimed Capital Crimes mystery series. In this adventure, former secret agent Max Pauling is offered a chance to do investigative work in Cuba. Although not anticipating danger, one of his sources is killed and he is assaulted. Max realizes that someone doesn't want him to uncover certain secrets of the isla bonita. Narrator Richard Poe brings out the suspense in this international thriller....
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 410 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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"When the application for a new sedative called Kevadon--commonly known as thalidomide--landed on Frances Kelsey's desk at the FDA in 1960, it seemed destined to sail through the review process. The drug, billed as entirely risk-free, was already being sold in forty-six countries. But when Kelsey learned that the drug caused terrible birth defects, she and a team of dedicated doctors, parents, and journalists fought Merrell, the drug's American manufacturer,...
6) Whiplash
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English
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Married FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich are investigating a rather unusual case: Senator David Hoffman is experiencing a ghostly apparition with possible malicious intent. They're no closer to cracking the case when a call comes in from Connecticut: A top foreign Schiffer Hartwin employee has been found murdered behind the drug company's U.S. headquarters.
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Español
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FonoLibro les trae el audiolibro en español del bestseller "El Rey de Los Pleitos" de John Grisham, uno de los mas famosos escritores internacionales de novelas en la actualidad y autor de los bestsellers "La Firma", "El Informe Pelicano", "Tiempo para Matar", "El Intermediario," "El Cliente" y otros éxitos llevados al cine. "El Rey de los Pleitos,"� llega a usted en una magnifica producción, con la calidad reconocida de Fonolibro, líder de...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An urgent and heartbreaking investigation into the corporate greed and governmental corruption that pumped millions of pain pills into small Appalachian towns"--
11) Misconduct
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a young ambitious lawyer decides to bring on a case against a powerful pharmaceutical company executive, he soon finds himself entangled in a murderous conspiracy desperately trying to uncover the truth before it is too late.
12) Crisis
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's involvement with narcotics, and a university professor battles unexpected revelations about his research employer, a drug company with deep government influence bringing a new non-addictive painkiller to market....
Publisher
Media Education Foundation
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videocassette (46 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in
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English
Description
"Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, for capital gain. Focusing on the industry's marketing practices, media scholars and health professionals help viewers understand the ways in which direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising glamorizes and normalizes the use of prescription medication,...
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