November 11th, 2007

TRIALS: the risk/benefit ratio a pharmaceutical thriller by M.E. Smith

A Synopsis

Grant Adams has taken a position at MacPhearson Pharmaceuticals for one reason: to get his daughter, recently diagnosed with bronchiosclerosis, into the country's only clinical trial testing a miraculous new drug to treat the fatal disease. In the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry the primary objective is to develop marketable drugs - but at what cost? In the quest to save his daughter, Grant gets caught in a web of unauthorized research, unethical science, and murder. When he discovers a frightening secret, he is forced to make an impossible choice. Will Grant have the strength to expose the evil that surrounds him and fight for the greater good, even if it means risking the life of his own little girl?

Is the benefit worth the risk?

M.E. Smith has worked in the field of clinical research for nine years as a research technician in a virology laboratory and as a clinical research associate for major pharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations. Smith has additional professional experience working for the FBI, as an investigator in the private sector, and as an inspector for the federal government. The author holds degrees in biology, criminal justice, and education. M.E. Smith currently lives in Minnesota.

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