<b>Award-winning journalist and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Gerald Posner reveals the heroes and villains of the trillion-dollar-a-year pharmaceutical industry and delivers “a withering and encyclopedic indictment of a drug industry that often seems to prioritize profits over patients (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>).</b><BR><BR>Pharmaceutical breakthroughs such as anti­biotics and vaccines rank among some of the greatest advancements in human history. Yet exorbitant prices for life-saving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of millions of Americans, and soaring rates of addiction and overdose on pre­scription opioids have caused many to lose faith in drug companies. Now, Americans are demanding a national reckoning with a monolithic industry.<BR><BR><i>“</i>Gerald’s dogged reporting, sets <i>Pharma </i>apart from all books on this subject” (<i>The Washington Standard</i>) as we are introduced to brilliant scientists, incorruptible