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Join the Hudson Library & Historical Society on Thursday, January 12 at 7 p.m. for a live, virtual streaming event with journalist Nathan Vardi, who will discuss his new book, For Blood and Money.
Join the Hudson Library & Historical Society on Thursday, January 12 at 7 p.m. for a live, virtual streaming event with journalist Nathan Vardi, who will discuss his new book, For Blood and Money: Billionaires, Biotech, and the Quest for a Blockbuster Drug. For Blood and Money details the little-known story of how the invention of two of the biggest cancer drugs in history became (for their backers) two of the greatest Wall Street bets of all time.
In this epic saga of money and science, For Blood and Money follows a small team at a biotech start-up in California, who found a rare molecule, known as a BTK inhibitor, that seemed to work on a vicious type of leukemia. When patients start rising from their hospice beds, the team knows they’re onto something big. But, when the team is denied their share of the profits from the creation of the cancer-fighting drug, what follows is a story of genius, pathos, and drama, as the team attempt to navigate a world of corporate intrigue and ... view more »
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