Magic cancer bullet

Daniel Vasella, Robert Slater

"When the first results from patient trials appeared on Dr. Daniel Vasella's desk in April 1999, the chairman and CEO of Novartis sensed that an important chapter of medical history was about to be rewritten. The results indicated that Gleevac, the tiny orange capsule - the development of which he had spearheaded - was working wonders to arrest a life-threatening form of blood cancer. Here, for the first time, Dr. Vasella recounts the step-by-step challenges of bringing this revolutionary medicine to market and producing it in large enough quantities to make a difference in the lives of patients and their families everywhere in the world." "The leaders of major pharmaceutical companies rarely speak out so candidly and comprehensively about their businesses, but in this book Dr. Vasella takes us behind the scenes and reveals the enormous pressures, the heavy costs, and the high risks...

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