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Award-winning journalist Kathleen Sharp discusses her book, “Blood Feud: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on One of the Deadliest Prescription Drugs Ever.” This true story about a whistle-blower fighting Big Pharma over the anti-anemia drug know as Procrit, Epogen, and Aranesp or simply “epo.” From financial kickbacks to doctors, bribes and Medicare fraud, to patients doubling as unwitting guinea pigs for high doses of the dangerous drug Sharp tells a shocking story which is now unfolding federal court. Series: "Ethics, Religion and Public Life: Walter H. Capps Center Series" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23748]
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