The whistleblower : confessions of a healthcare hitman / by Peter Rost.

  • Rost, Peter.
Date:
2006
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Whistle blower

Description

A number of books critical of the pharmaceutical industry have recently been published, but none has been an exposé written by a senior executive of one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies. The Whistleblower is at once an unmasking of how corporations take care of malcontents and a gripping story of one man's fight to maintain his family and his sanity. Starting in 2003, the book details the illegal, even criminal business practices the author witnessed at his corporation, as well as his crusade to legalize the reimportation of drugs. It also explains how in this post-Enron world whistle-blowers can't simply be fired, and what the author's corporation did to coerce and silence him. A story of a battle that continues today, one which any American who takes or will take prescription drugs has a stake in, The Whistleblower is a powerful testimony. - Publisher.

Publication/Creation

Brooklyn, NY : Soft Skull Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2006.

Physical description

224 pages ; 22 cm

Contributors

Contents

Prologue: Saturday, December 31, 2005 -- Vultures at the gates -- The conquerors -- The art of firing people -- Crimes and misdemeanors -- You're fired! -- The private detective -- The investigation -- Sexual liaisons -- Suicide? -- Phone surveillance -- Fake numbers -- The big surprise -- The SEC gets involved -- You will never, ever work again -- An explosive book review -- Risking everything -- Fanning the flames on Capitol Hill -- A political inquisition -- How corrupt Is the drug industry? -- FDA secrets -- Going on the offense -- The dirty little secret -- What the government tried to hide -- The "disenabled" e-mail account -- Admissions by Pfizer's CEO -- Fighting a war -- Afterword.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224).

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    IH.UM.6
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 193336839X
  • 9781933368399