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False Claims: One Insider's Impossible Battle Against Big Pharma Corruption by Lisa Pratta
4.0
In another episode of Big Pharma behaving badly, we have False Claims.
Written in a memoir-like style, author Lisa Pratta details her time working for Questcor as a sales representative for a medication they acquired called Acthar Gel. Pratta and a co-worker ultimately become whistleblowers after uncovering deceptive marketing practices, bribes, and other unlawful behavior being encouraged at the company.
Earlier this year, I read No More Tears by Gardiner Harris (which I highly recommend if you’re interested in learning more about unethical practices in the pharmaceutical industry). False Claims is a more digestible read by comparison. Pratta writes from a first-person perspective, taking us through her journey—from being hired and trained to becoming disillusioned. She also shares personal reflections from that time in her life, including her experiences as a mother and cancer survivor.
Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for an advance reader’s copy of False Claims.
Written in a memoir-like style, author Lisa Pratta details her time working for Questcor as a sales representative for a medication they acquired called Acthar Gel. Pratta and a co-worker ultimately become whistleblowers after uncovering deceptive marketing practices, bribes, and other unlawful behavior being encouraged at the company.
Earlier this year, I read No More Tears by Gardiner Harris (which I highly recommend if you’re interested in learning more about unethical practices in the pharmaceutical industry). False Claims is a more digestible read by comparison. Pratta writes from a first-person perspective, taking us through her journey—from being hired and trained to becoming disillusioned. She also shares personal reflections from that time in her life, including her experiences as a mother and cancer survivor.
Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for an advance reader’s copy of False Claims.