Monkeys in the Middle: How One Drug Company Kept a Parkinsons Disease Breakthrough Out of Reach

by Nick Nelson

Some said it was a miracle drug; others called it the cure. A drug known simply as "GDNF" seemed to do the impossible by actually reversing the effects of Parkinson's disease. The miracle ended in the fall of 2004 when Amgen Inc. abruptly halted clinical trials of GDNF and denied access to the drug. In "Monkeys in the Middle", investigative reporter Nick Nelson recounts the true story of the brave patients who took on the world's biggest biotechnology company for the right to be kept alive.

272 pages, Paperback

First published May 21, 2008

Reviews

[Wanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my clients is now working with the GDNF protein and this was a very enlightening read. The story is definitely not finished and I immediately went online and did more research on what has happened in the 4 years since the book was written.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative and sad.