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ISBN: 0609603914

ISBN13: 9780609603918

Patient Number One: A True Story of How One CEO Took on Cancer and Big Business in the Fight of His Life

By Scott Kretchmar and R. Scott Kretchmar

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Book Overview

Cancer is a terrorist, driving us mad with feelings of hopelessness and despair. One man, faced with lymphatic cancer and a poor prognosis, had the unique opportunity to influence not just the course of his treatment, but the research guiding that treatment. Patient Number One tells the story of Rick Murdock, former CEO of CellPro, a Seattle biotech company specializing in cell separation--as it would happen, a vital component of his treatment and eventual cure. Written by Murdock and David Fisher, the book is both an intensely personal look at the day-to-day hardships of living with cancer and a thrilling legal story. While he was battling his disease, Murdock had to fight the giant Baxter medical-products corporation over an application of patent law that would have killed CellPro just as surely as cancer has killed so many people over the years. As the struggle for his company becomes intertwined with his fight for life, every moment takes on heightened significance; the simplest acts, like driving to the doctor with his wife and reading research reports at work, become crucial, even life-giving. Filled with unique insights into living with cancer and the dawn of the biotech era, Patient Number One is a powerful record of its time. --Rob Lightner This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0609603914

ISBN13:9780609603918

Release Date:May 2000

Publisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)

Length:308 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"

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Rated 5 stars
dramatic, compelling read...

By Thriftbooks.com User, December 22, 2003

Overall, PATIENT NUMBER ONE is a compelling, dramatic true story that is fast-paced and socially relevant. Though story's most intense moments are played out over laboratory beakers and in the pages of patent infringement law-it's a fascinating read. The subject matter is on par with films like THE INSIDER, bringing to light some very ugly but very timely truths about big business and our legal system.The premise-- that...

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Rated 5 stars
Ray of Hope

By Thriftbooks.com User, October 16, 2000

I have a Friend who just went through this process at John Hopkins. The results at this time are excellent and the procedures are almost exactly what the Author went through. I would recommend this book as a tool for all Patients that are diagnosed with this form of Cancer as a Ray of Hope for their peace of mind. The only downside is the exposing of how our Judicial System treats the Treatment of a serious illness as another...

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Rated 5 stars
Momma, don't let your babies grow up and become lawyers!

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 4, 2000

This was a riveting story - - read it! You will be uplifted most of the time, and outraged by the final conclusion. Many heros emerge in the telling of this heart-pounding story - - from Murdock the patient to the scientists working in the laboratory to the clinicians offering new hope to cancer victims. Two noteworthy anti-heroes also emerge, U. S. District Court Judge Roderick McKelvie and plaintiffs' attorney Donald...

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Rated 5 stars
An tragic encounter of big business and human life

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 31, 2000

A trully remarkable, and extremely ironic story that keeps the reader entranced, and at times outraged with our own legal system. A much more inticing story than that of "A Civil Action" or "The Insider", given the authors own fight for survival. Anyone will have a hard time putting it down!

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Emotional Encounter

By Thriftbooks.com User, May 23, 2000

Even the strong hearter should be ready for an emotional tug when reading this book. the incredible story of the CEO, Rick Murdock, shows that no one can escape cancer but we can defeat it. At first I thought this would be a book that was basically scientific and confusing but I as pleasantly surprised. It is a fast and wonderful read!

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