Kill Shot
A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Disease
New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2020]
Format: Book
Description: viii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Two pharmacists sit in a Boston courtroom accused of murder. The weapon: the fungus Exserohilum rostratum. The death count: 100 and rising. Kill Shot is the story of their hubris and fraud, discovered by a team of medical detectives who raced against the clock to hunt the killers and the fungal meningitis they'd unleashed. An award-winning investigative journalist's horrifying true crime story of America's deadliest drug contamination outbreak and the greed and deception that fueled it.
Subjects:
New England Compounding Center.
Meningitis -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Epidemics -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Drugs -- Dosage forms -- Health aspects -- United States.
Drug adulteration -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
New England Compounding Center.
Meningitis -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Epidemics -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Drugs -- Dosage forms -- Health aspects -- United States.
Drug adulteration -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780593085783
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRUE CRIME Dea | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/21/2024) |