The Making of a Whistleblower.
In the case that marked the beginning of the opioid crisis, pharmaceutical area manager Bruce Boise goes undercover to expose his company’s illegal and unethical marketing practices. What’s at stake? His career or the loss of human life. This is his firsthand account.
The story.
In 2003, a small biotech company called Cephalon was on its way to become a multibillion dollar empire by illegally marketing its pharmaceutical drugs for unapproved uses. The most dangerous of the drugs: a fentanyl opioid lollipop. When area manager, Bruce Boise, saw his company putting patients at risk for profit, he decided to do something about it. What he didn’t know was what it would cost him. Learn about the undercover work it took to bring one company to justice and the multimillion dollar fine that ensued. This book is about the making of a whistleblower.
“Bruce Boise risked—and lost—everything to do what he knew was right. The story of his struggle and ultimate triumph is heartening proof that sometimes virtue prevails and ‘good guys’ really can finish first.”
-Peter Chatfield, Phillips & Cohen LLP