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Autism in children Etiology Developmental disabilities Etiology Drugs Prices United States Organomercury compounds Toxicology Pharmaceutical industry Corrupt practices United States Pharmaceutical industry Moral and ethical aspects Pharmaceutical industry United States Prescription pricing United States Purdue Pharma L.P. Vaccines industry Corrupt practices United StatesSummary: The story of a drug company that pushed opioids by bribing doctors and committing insurance fraud. With the Financial Times, FRONTLINE investigates how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller 50-100 times stronger than heroin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OPIKirby, David.
Summary: IIn the 1990s reported autism cases among American children began spiking. This trend coincided with the addition of several new shots to the nation's already crowded vaccination schedule, grouped together and given in the early months of infancy. Most of these shots contained the preservative thimerosal, which includes a quantity of the toxin mercury. This book explores the heated controversy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.47 KIRPosner, Gerald L.
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avid Reader Press 2020