Escape From The Pharma Cartel: My Life as a Member of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel [Paperback]

Kimberly Cheryl (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 11, 2007

She Had Made the Company Millions Yet They Cut Her Loose

"I went to school and have my college degree. I married and had children. I had a successful career for 18 years-top sales with award winning trips for seven of those years. I have saved for my retirement. I have savings accounts for my children to go to college. I pay my taxes and volunteer my time to many worthy causes like the Epilepsy foundation and the Alzheimer's Association. Yes, I own two nice cars, a big screen TV, and expensive suits and am an incorrigible shopaholic, but I'm not rich by any stretch of the imagination. I'd been blessed with a comfortable middle class life until one split second took it all away."

Kimberly Cheryl was living the American Dream until she was seriously injured in a car accident. Unexpectedly fired by the company she long served, she found herself without a job, without insurance, and without any means of paying off her obligations. She quickly moved from a position of observer and participant of the health care industry to being adversely affected by the same system.

In Escape from the Pharma Drug Cartel, Cheryl reveals how our health care system is broken, unjust, and inhumane. "Every other industrialized nation manages to provide almost all its citizens with guaranteed health insurance, while spending less on health care than we do," Cheryl writes. How is it possible that the United States-a leader in health care development and drug discovery-is not able to provide its citizens with medical care when countries like Australia and China do?

In Escape from the Pharma Drug Cartel, Kimberly Cheryl takes the reader on a shocking, revealing, and provocative tour of the pharmaceutical industry of America as only an insider can.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Outskirts Press (October 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1432712802
• ISBN-13: 978-1432712808
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,842,651 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Journey, November 7, 2007

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Lauren Gotsch - See all my reviews

This review is from: Escape From The Pharma Cartel: My Life as a Member of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Paperback)

I'm not quite sure what I expected when I first picked up this book. I was just interested in maybe entering the Pharma Industry. The story changed my interests and changed my opinions on the Pharmaceutical Industry as a whole. It was a wonderful quick, easy read and very enjoyable. I usually have two or three books going at the same time because I become distracted and don't have the time to finish anything. Not true for this story - finished in two nights and had my eyes opened to many new things to ponder on my next doctor's visit! Passed it along to my mom and sister to read as well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4 1/2 Stars . . . A Wake-up Call, April 15, 2009

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Eric Wilson "novelist" (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Escape From The Pharma Cartel: My Life as a Member of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Paperback)

When I came across Kimberly Cheryl's book, I was still grieving the loss of my mother, so the subject of health care in the US grabbed my attention. I also spent years working at a print center near Vanderbilt, during which time I encountered numerous pharmaceutical reps and saw firsthand the waste, fraud, and unethical aspects of their business.

Kimberly's book outlines an American "success" story, starting in the trenches of corporate job interviews and training, climbing the ladder of bonuses and awards, then plummeting from the pinnacle in the wake of changing ethics and medical issues. Along the way, Kimberly establishes her credibility as one who knows the ins and outs of Big Pharma, as she calls, lending more weight to her myth-busting list in the final chapters, as well as to her call to action and radical change. She doesn't gloss over her own "teeny, tiny mental breakdown" or the strains of the industry on families, physicians, and so on.

After my mother's recent passing in Germany, I was struck by the injustice of our own health system. She had no insurance in the US--due to persisting heart issues, no one would cover her. She was single and low-income. In other words, as she lay dying, she had no real means of being taken care of. Thankfully, due to Germany's system, she received quality care in those last few weeks, despite not even being a citizen. I doubt the same would've happened in her own country which she loved.

"Escape from the Pharma Cartel" is a vital wake-up call to legislators, regulators, and individuals. It peels back the veil and exposes the gross conflicts of interest within the FDA and the multi-billion dollar companies that comprise Big Pharma. This book needs to be read. I sure hope somebody's paying attention.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting topic about pharma drugs, February 11, 2009

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Janet Loesch "Jan-kate" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Escape From The Pharma Cartel: My Life as a Member of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Paperback)

Fast and easy reading book about the drug industry as it relates to individuals in this country. This book is a must read for anyone with health problems and needing pharmacy drugs. The method your medicine is selected for you will surprise you. I had my Mother read this book to help understand why her doctor changed medicine she was taking.