Strong medicine is an amazing book. It gives you an insight on work-ethics of pharmaceutical industry. Miracle drugs save lives and ease suffering, but for profit-motivated companies, the miracle is the money they generate...at any cost.A successful drug could make fortunes overnight. One mistake and thousands could die. The pharmaceutical industry was no place for the faint-hearted. Or for a woman. But Celia Jordan had what it takes. Attractive, superconfident and disarmingly forthright, she knew how to get to the top in Fielding-Roth. The book reveals fascinating and disturbing drama as Celia Jordan overcomes male prejudice, politics, unscrupulous colleagues and heartbreaking tragedy in her relentless rise to be president of Fielding-Roth.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Strong Medicine
Strong medicine is an amazing book. It gives you an insight on work-ethics of pharmaceutical industry. Miracle drugs save lives and ease suffering, but for profit-motivated companies, the miracle is the money they generate...at any cost.A successful drug could make fortunes overnight. One mistake and thousands could die. The pharmaceutical industry was no place for the faint-hearted. Or for a woman. But Celia Jordan had what it takes. Attractive, superconfident and disarmingly forthright, she knew how to get to the top in Fielding-Roth. The book reveals fascinating and disturbing drama as Celia Jordan overcomes male prejudice, politics, unscrupulous colleagues and heartbreaking tragedy in her relentless rise to be president of Fielding-Roth.
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Celia Jordan is a wanker of a character. She sleeps with a man who is not her husband and justifies by saying "oh, I'm sure Andrew has slept with other women to." I don't believe that Andrew is the type of character who would cheat on his wife, as he respects her too much.
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