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Dispensing With the Truth: The Victims, the Drug Companies, and the Dramatic Story Behind the Battle over Fen-Phen - Softcover
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A riveting true-life account of a consumer tragedy reconstructs the Fen-Phen debacle of 1996, chronicling the destruction wrought by the notorious diet drug manufactured by the powerful Wyeth-Ayerst pharmaceutical company, the tragedies left in its wake, and the FDA's negligence in protecting consumers from dangerous new drugs. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
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Alicia Mundy is the senior editor and Washington bureau chief for Cableworld magazine.
Alicia Mundy is the senior editor and Washington bureau chief for Cableworld magazine. Her stories have appeared in U.S. News & World Report, GQ, Philadelphia magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Mediaweek, and The Washingtonian. Mundy is the winner of several journalism awards for commentary and investigative reporting. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. In 1996, a terrible epidemic began. Thousands of young women were stricken and many of them died. Some died quickly, within a few months; others lasted a couple of years. Many of those who didn't die suffered damage to their hearts and lungs, much of it permanent. Doctors suspected what the killer was. So did the Food and Drug Administration. The culprit was one-half of the most popular diet drug combination on the market, Fen-Phen. It was produced and sold by a powerful pharmaceutical company, Wyeth-Ayerst, a division of American Home Products.Dispensing with the Truth is the gripping story of what the drug company really knew about its drugs, the ways it kept this information from the public, doctors, and the FDA and the massive legal battles that ensued as victims and their attorneys searched for the truth behind the debacle.It tells the story of a healthy young woman, Mary Linnen, who took the drugs for only 23 days to lose weight before her wedding-and then died in the arms of her fiance a few months later. Hers was the first wrongful death suit filed and would become the most important single suit the company would face.Award-winning investigative reporter Alicia Mundy provides a shocking and thoroughly riveting narrative account of the whole debacle. It is a stark look at the consequences of greed-and a cautionary tale for the future. Seller Inventory # f375effa-d52f-42a4-8d78-685197c48f92
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