Professor Julius Getman is an expert in law and academia,
and former president of the American Association of University
Professors. Among his published works are the Violet Crown Award
nonfiction winner In the Company of Scholars: The Struggle for the
Soul of HigherEducation and The Betrayal of Local 14, which won a
university-wide award. Since 1970, he has represented many faculty
members accused of academic misconduct.
Dr. Terri LeClercq, a writingprofessor for over thirty
years,received the Golden Pen Award from the Association of
University Professors and is the author ofExpert Legal Writing
andGuide to Legal Writing.After publication of her educational
graphicPrison Grievances, she also consults with prison
populations.
"Charlie Bennett saved more lives than anyone in American
medicine."
--Steven T. Rosen, City of Hope National Medical Center "A powerful
investigation into the Powers that control medical research; Getman
and LeClercq reveal that Dr. Charles Bennett should be labeled a
Science Hero."
--Shelley Broderick, Dean Emerita and Joseph L. Rauh Chair of
Social Justice University of the District of Columbia David A.
Clarke School of Law. "Getman and LeClercq have found,
investigated, and written such a powerful story! I got goosebumps
from reading it. While terribly sad, the prose is masterful.
Their
trenchant, page-turning, and gut-wrenching story of Dr. Charlie
Bennett will shock and sadden all but the most cynical. The gifted
pair examine the corrosive impact of greed that is tolerated in
business, academia, and our justice system. This is greed with a
huge price tag as it sacrifices humans for profits. Taking On Big
Pharma is a must-read from authors who have transformed the legal
landscape to form a better, more humane United States of
America."
--Allegra Jordan, "Architect of Change" designee by Maria Shriver,
Duke University, associate adjunct professor at Pratt School of
Engineering "Taking On Big Pharma: Dr. Charles Bennett's Battle is
a must-read for anyone who has ever taken a prescription drug. I
have personally led a successful investigation of several big
pharma companies, and the lessons learned from reviewing Dr.
Bennett's experience are critical to protecting the public health.
The experience of persons like Dr. Bennett have rarely been made
public. It is shocking that the attacks against him were so
powerful and were carried out by big pharma, academia, and the
Department of Justice. The lessons learned and the recommendations
for the future outlined by Getman and LeClerq are must-reads. It is
unlikely that anyone else's personal experience will be this well
documented in the future."
--Rob Hennig, JD, PhD "Charlie has no idea of how many people think
of him as their hero. He was their voice. 'Floxed patients' often
feel lonely and abandoned. Charlie let them know that they had
important support."
--Linda Martin, drug victim advocate "I quote Mark Twain: 'The two
most important days in your life are the day you are born and the
day you realize what you were born for.' I found in reading the
book that Dr. Charles Bennett was born to blow the whistle on big
pharma."
--John C. Brittain, Olie W. Rauh Professor of Law, University of
the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law "Professor
Charles Bennett has done an extraordinary public service by
studying potential adverse consequences of several commonly used
drugs. There are many people, companies, and agencies not keen to
accept results of his meticulous research. This is a real David and
Goliath story."
--Robert Peter Gale MD, PhD, Centre for Haematology, Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, England;
Department of Hematologic Oncology, Sun Yat-sen Cancer Centre,
Gunangzhou, China "When a researcher responsible for 'saving more
lives than anyone in American medicine' is seen as a spoiler of
hundreds of millions in Big Pharma profits, the stakes are
extremely high--and the outcomes tragic."
--Terence Young, chair of Drug Safety Canada, author Forbidden
Knowledge: What Big Pharma Will Never Tell You About Prescription
Drugs "After Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos; the Sackler family and
OxyContin; tobacco executives and lung cancer; and the fossil fuel
industry and climate change, can anyone be shocked when big
business, in its endless pursuit of the last dime, cuts corners,
kills, maims or injures people, denies all responsibility, and does
its dead-level best to pummel their accusers into silent
submission? The answer is, "Yes! Absolutely." All you need to do is
read Professors Jack Getman and Terri LeClercq's latest book.
Unless you draw a paycheck from a pharmaceutical company, the
corruption and collusion they uncover that Big Phama used to
silence Charlie Bennett will infuriate you. In short, don't read
Taking On Big Pharma: Dr. Charles Bennett's Battle with a mouth
full of milk. You'll spew it everywhere. But do read it. It's a
doozy of a story about how Big Business, religious institutions,
university administrators, and corrupt politicians all work to
obfuscate and extricate if that's what they need to keep the
moneychangers busy. In the end, it's generally the salaried worker,
or the older couple living on Social Security next door; or the
courageous whistleblowers who are most likely to be crushed under
the heel of well-meaning incompetents or blue-collar criminals. If
all of this sounds too jaded, too negative -- good. It's meant
to."
-- Bobby Hawthorne, writer, journalist, writing instructor "This
stunning book is a must-read for those interested in issues at the
intersection of science and law. Getman and LeClercq, award-winning
authors and academics, trace the story of Charles Bennett, a
prominent academic oncologist who saved hundreds of lives by
documenting the dangers of a bestselling drug. Rather than then
being celebrated as a hero, Bennett was dragged through legal
proceedings and treated like a pariah in his home institution. This
book calls on us to rethink the design of key legal proceedings,
such as qui tam, that corporations can use to dodge legal
accountability and to tarnish the reputations of our best, most
dedicated scientists."
--Wendy Wagner is the author of Incomprehensible!: A Study of How
Our Legal System Encourages Incomprehensibility, Why It Matters,
and What We Can Do About It, and Bending Science: How Special
Interests Corrupt Public Health Research "I loved this suspenseful
book--the evils of pharma, academia, and the government is a
terrible trifecta. Lessons learned from The Godfather are
plentiful. When is the movie going to be made? I personally am
enthusiastic about this."
--Al Ruddy, coproducer of The Godfather
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