An insider’s view of the drug industry
Review of Drug Truths: Dispelling the Myths about Pharma R&D by John L LaMattina
Drug Truths, written by a research chemist who spent his career with Pfizer, presents a view of the industry from inside these laboratories, far from the suit filled boardrooms where the business is conducted. Although he exchanged his white coat for a pinstripe suit as he moved during his career from the bench to become Pfizer’s president of global research and development, John LaMattina has not lost his awe and sense of wonder at the drug discovery business and breathlessly presents this side of the industry as he attempts to bust the so called myths that surround it.
BMJ 2009;338:b1138