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Books : The Legend of PfizerIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $39.95 Price: $5.70 You Save: $34.25 (86%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 338.76161510973 EAN: 9780945903376 ISBN: 0945903375 Label: Write Stuff Syndicate Manufacturer: Write Stuff Syndicate Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: December 01, 1999 Publisher: Write Stuff Syndicate Studio: Write Stuff Syndicate Sales Rank: 231070 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Founded as a fine-chemicals manufacturer in 1849, Pfizer has grown into one of the most innovative healthcare companies in the world. During World War II, Pfizer used its mass fermentation process to mass-produce the wonder drug penicillin, thus saving thousands of Allied lives. Today, with revenues topping $15 billion, Pfizer's drug pipeline is the envy of competitors and its pharmaceuticals for animals and humans make it a leader in its therapeutic categories. In 1999, the company celebrated its 150th year in business, and was named Company of the Year by Forbes Magazine. With information available nowhere else, this book is the result of years of research, countless interviews, and extensive archival review. Illustrated with images from the companys inception to present day, The Legend of Pfizer chronicles the story of a company that has become an integral part of our lives. Average Rating:
 Rating: - A One-Sided Sales Pitch-- Just One Reader's OpinionThe author did a good job at researching and tracing the origins and early history of Pfizer, but made few attempts at addressing criticisms that existed by contemporaries of the founders of the company. Indeed, the criticisms and negative allegations seem to have drawn little if any notice at all from the author. From the human subject tests and experiments that took place under the company's direction early on in Germany-- methods that have been outlawed in the United States, but that were unfortunately ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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