Living Forever: The Pharmaceutical Industry

by Catherine Chambers

Book Overview

Most people need medicine at some point in their lives. It's this fact that drives the pharmaceutical industry and makes it one of the most profitable industries today. So much goes into the making of a single pharmaceutical product before it even goes on the shelves, including research, manufacturing, clinical trials, and marketing. Readers discover these stages of development and learn what happens when a wonder drug turns out to have deadly side...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433977567
• ISBN13: 9781433977565
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.6" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 11 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 6 to 8