Pharma

Pharma
Author: Gerald Posner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 816
Release: 2021-04-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1501152033

"Exorbitant prices for lifesaving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of millions of Americans, and soaring rates of addiction and overdose on prescription opioids have caused many to lose faith in pharmaceutical companies. Now, Americans are demanding national reckoning with a monolithic industry. In Pharma, award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author Gerald Posner uncovers the real story of the Sacklers, the family that became one of America's wealthiest from the success of OxyContin, their blockbuster narcotic painkiller at the centure of the opioid crisis. The unexpected twists and turns of the Sakler family saga are told against the startling chronicle of a powerful industry that sits at the intersection of public health and profits. Pharma reveals how and why American drug companies have put earnings ahead of patients"--

Food Control and Biosecurity

Food Control and Biosecurity
Author: Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 618
Release: 2018-02-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128114975

Food Control and Biosecurity, Volume Sixteen, the latest release in the Handbook of Food Bioengineering series, is an essential resource for anyone in the food industry who needs to understand safety and quality control to prevent or reduce the spread of foodborne diseases. The book covers information from exporter to transporter, importer and retailer, and offers valuable tools to measure food quality while also addressing government standards and regulations for food production, processing and consumption. The book presents cutting-edge methods for detecting hazardous compounds within foods, including carcinogenic chemicals. Other related topics addressing food insecurity and food defense are also discussed. - Identifies the latest import/export regulations related to food control and biosecurity - Provides detection and analysis methods to ensure a safe food supply - Presents risk assessment tools and prevention strategies for food safety and process control

Library Journal

Library Journal
Author: Melvil Dewey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 572
Release: 1893
Genre: Libraries
ISBN:

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Report of the State Librarian

Report of the State Librarian
Author: Pennsylvania State Library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1899
Genre: Pennsylvania
ISBN:

Includes catalogs of accessions and special bibliographical supplements.