{"id":3932,"date":"2007-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pharma-mkting.com\/index.php\/2007\/08\/01\/pmn67-article04a\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T18:25:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:25:02","slug":"pmn67-article04a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ec2-54-175-84-28.compute-1.amazonaws.com\/pharma-mkting.com\/articles\/pmn67-article04a\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Two Pharma Whistleblower Novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <b>A Tale of Two Pharma Whistleblower Novels<\/b><br \/><i>Big Pharma and Killer Drug<\/i> <\/p>\n<p> SUMMARY <\/p>\n<p> My summer reading included two novels about the pharmaceutical industry that featured industry whistleblowers and\/or were written by whistleblowers.  <\/p>\n<p> The first novel I read was <i>Big Pharma, The Novel<\/i>, written by John Prieve, a former pharmaceutical executive. The other novel, <i>Killer Drug<\/i>, is the second by Peter Rost, a well-known whistleblower and former Pfizer executive.  <\/p>\n<p> Although whistleblowing figures prominently in both novels, the two are as different as night and day. Killer Drug is the night \u0096 very dark and lacking depth \u0096 whereas Big Pharma is the day \u0096 shedding light on real-world pharmaceutical marketing and sales practices.  <\/p>\n<p> This article is a review of both novels and includes insights from several bloggers and other experts, including Jane Chin. <\/p>\n<p> Topics and issues covered include: <\/p>\n<ul type=\"DISC\">\n<li>Separating Fact from Fiction<\/li>\n<li>Big Pharma<\/li>\n<li>A Review of Big Pharma by an Insider<\/li>\n<li>Killer Drug Review<\/li>\n<li>The Rost Hype Machine <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>   <b>Order the Full Article Reprint &#8211; $4.95<\/b>      <\/p>\n<p> PMN66-04<br \/> Issue: Vol. 6, No. 7: August 2007<br \/> Word Count: 2945 <\/p>\n<p\/>  <b>Find other articles in related Topic Areas:<\/b>  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/PMNbrandingReprints.htm\">Brand Marketing<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.pharma-mkting.com\/PMNDTCReprints.htm\">Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Advertising  <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Pharma and Killer Drug<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,6],"tags":[],"topic":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - 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