Pain Killer - An Empire of Deceit and the Origins of America's Opioid Epidemic

Informationen zum Autor Barry Meier is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times investigative reporter. He's twice won the George Polk award for Investigate Reporting. Prior to joining the New York Times in 1989, he worked for the Wall Street Journal and New York Newsday . Klappentext Part thriller, part medical detective story, this is the origin story of the opioid crisis in America and a rollicking insight into the ways of big pharma and the greed of business that fuelled a national tragedy. Zusammenfassung Part thriller, part medical detective story, this is the origin story of the opioid crisis in America and a rollicking insight into the ways of big pharma and the greed of business that fuelled a national tragedy.

About the author

Barry Meier is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times investigative reporter. He's twice won the George Polk award for Investigate Reporting. Prior to joining the New York Times in 1989, he worked for the Wall Street Journal and New York Newsday.

Product details

• Authors: Barry Meier, Meier Barry
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.10.2020
• EAN: 9781529356168
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-5616-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, MEDICAL / General, TRUE CRIME / General, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Health, illness & addiction: social aspects, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Corporate crime, Corporate crime / white-collar crime, United States of America, USA, Chemical, biotechnology & pharmaceutical industries, Reportage, journalism or collected columns