Biotech History (59 books)

History and other non-fiction about biotech/pharma industry, the medicines it's created, and the companies + scientists that built it.

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1	The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.34 avg rating — 113,660 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 800,497 ratings score: 265, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. Doudna 4.13 avg rating — 6,463 ratings score: 256, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler by Thomas Hager (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 4,579 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Billion Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug by Barry Werth 3.91 avg rating — 1,094 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Antidote: Inside the World of New Pharma by Barry Werth 3.67 avg rating — 316 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Great American Drug Deal: A New Prescription for Innovative and Affordable Medicines by Peter Kolchinsky 4.10 avg rating — 284 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou 4.40 avg rating — 280,616 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine by Thomas Hager (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 5,166 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Vaccines on Trial: Truths and Consequences of Mandatory Shots by Pierre St. Clair (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	DO WE NEED TO BE SCARED OF VACCINES? by David Friedman 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic by Joe Miller 4.24 avg rating — 893 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats by Maryn McKenna (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 897 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary Treatment for Breast Cancer by Robert Bazell 4.07 avg rating — 299 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Food, Inc.: Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest by Peter Pringle 4.09 avg rating — 953 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Sickening: How Big Pharma Broke American Health Care and How We Can Repair It by John Abramson 4.21 avg rating — 1,332 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington 4.43 avg rating — 9,987 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients by Ben Goldacre 4.10 avg rating — 9,262 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and Its Revival as a Vital Medicine by Trent Stephens (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 256 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Genome War: How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World by James Shreeve 3.84 avg rating — 468 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Golden Helix: Inside Biotech Ventures by Arthur Kornberg 3.19 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America by Gerald Posner (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 803 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Eighth Day of Creation: Makers of the Revolution in Biology by Horace Freeland Judson 4.56 avg rating — 414 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Chasing Captain America: How Advances in Science, Engineering, and Biotechnology Will Produce a Superhuman by E. Paul Zehr (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 68 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism by Marion Nestle 3.89 avg rating — 271 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts by Emily Anthes (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 1,034 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines by Alexander Zaitchik 3.81 avg rating — 116 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice by Rupa Marya 4.30 avg rating — 1,427 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood by Rose George (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 4,081 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Pain Killer: A Wonder Drug's Trail of Addiction and Death by Barry Meier (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 2,912 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 45,286 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe 4.54 avg rating — 133,967 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Danger Within Us: America's Untested, Unregulated Medical Device Industry and One Man's Battle to Survive It by Jeanne Lenzer 4.05 avg rating — 422 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Woman Who Fooled the World: Belle Gibson's Cancer Con, and the Darkness at the Heart of the Wellness Industry by Beau Donelly (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 3,748 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Philanthrocapitalism and the Erosion of Democracy: A Global Citizen's Report on the Corporate Control of Technology, Health, and Agriculture by Vandana Shiva (Editor) 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Plant Hunter: A Scientist's Quest for Nature's Next Medicines by Cassandra Leah Quave 4.13 avg rating — 666 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition and Modern Medicine―Unpacking the Science Behind Food and Health by Robert H. Lustig 4.26 avg rating — 6,580 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Mapping Humanity: How Modern Genetics Is Changing Criminal Justice, Personalized Medicine, and Our Identities by Joshua Z. Rappoport 3.89 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Snake Oil, Hustlers and Hambones: The American Medicine Show by Ann Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Drug Hunters: The Improbable Quest to Discover New Medicines by Donald R. Kirsch 4.26 avg rating — 1,239 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine by William Rosen 4.08 avg rating — 370 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery 4.17 avg rating — 3,015 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Code Blue: Inside America's Medical Industrial Complex by Mike Magee 4.05 avg rating — 240 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 9,626 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Business of Botanicals by Ann Armbrecht (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business by David T. Courtwright 3.63 avg rating — 433 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back by Elisabeth Rosenthal 4.30 avg rating — 8,145 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology by Amy Webb (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 730 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 40,856 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Devil's Playbook: Big Tobacco, Juul, and the Addiction of a New Generation by Lauren Etter (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 537 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Raising Lazarus by Beth Macy (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,016 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine by David Heath 4.16 avg rating — 137 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The First Shots: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine by Brendan Borrell (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 289 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Preventing the Next Pandemic: Vaccine Diplomacy in a Time of Anti-science by Peter J. Hotez 3.76 avg rating — 219 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics, and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease by Meredith Wadman 3.96 avg rating — 1,052 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Panic Virus: Fear, Myth and the Vaccination Debate by Seth Mnookin 4.07 avg rating — 5,794 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything by Kelly Weinersmith (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 5,939 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 11,944 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (Volume 3) (California Studies in Food and Culture) by Marion Nestle 3.94 avg rating — 4,675 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars