num_pages: 400
description: It’s the business of saving lives. Miracle Medicines  goes behind the scenes of the pharmaceutical industry and into the high-security laboratories to tell the stories of the men and women---chemists, physiologists, medical and clinical researchers, engineers---who have chosen to toil for years in the lab in order to transform scientific theories into new lifesaving medicines. You’ll witness the day-to-day labors, victories and defeats of the dedicated professionals who are waging a war against the diseases that still plague mankind. From the confines of their laboratories, these pharmaceutical adventurers explore unknown territories in health and science. Miracle Medicines  reveals what really happens during the long and uncertain journey that each new drug and its creators must endure from theory, to research, to testing and, finally, FDA approval and delivery to the public. It’s a very human story within the context of fascinating scientific innovation. Through first hand interviews you’ll also meet the patients who benefit from these manmade miracles and learn how, within their bloodstreams, an ongoing battle is raging. The drugs profiled This compelling and truth-revealing book will forever change the way you view the medicines in your medicine cabinet, and the people who create them.
language: English
title: Miracle Medicines: Seven Lifesaving Drugs and the People Who Created Them
titlecomplete: Miracle Medicines: Seven Lifesaving Drugs and the People Who Created Them
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Portfolio Hardcover