Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Disease

Name: Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Disease
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Book Synopsis: An award-winning investigative journalist's horrifying true crime story of America's deadliest drug contamination outbreak and the greed and deception that fueled it. Two pharmacists sit in a Boston courtroom accused of murder. The weapon: the fungus Exserohilum rostratum. The death count: 100 and rising. Kill Shot is the story of their hubris and fraud, discovered by a team of medical detectives who raced against the clock to hunt the killers and the fungal meningitis they'd unleashed. "Bloodthirsty" is how doctors described the fungal microbe that contaminated thousands of drug vials produced by the New England Compounding Center (NECC). Though NECC chief Barry Cadden called his company the "Ferrari of Compounders," it was a slapdash operation of unqualified staff, mold-ridden lab surfaces, and hastily made medications that were injected into approximately 14,000 people. Once inside some of its human hosts, the fungus traveled through the tough tissue around the spine and wormed upward to the "deep brain," our control center for balance, breath, and the vital motor functions of life. Now, investigative journalist Jason Dearen turns a spotlight on this tragedy--the victims, the heroes, and the perpetrators--and the legal loopholes that allowed it to occur. Kill Shot forces a powerful but unchecked industry out of the shadows.

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Discover the shocking truth of America's deadliest drug contamination outbreak in Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Disease. This award-winning investigative journalist's true crime story will leave you gripped from start to finish. Uncovering the greed and deception that fueled the outbreak, this book takes you inside the courtroom where two pharmacists stand accused of murder.

The weapon? The deadly fungus Exserohilum rostratum. With a death count of 100 and rising, the fungal meningitis caused by this microbe is described as "bloodthirsty" by doctors. The New England Compounding Center (NECC), led by Barry Cadden, claimed to be the "Ferrari of Compounders" but was nothing more than a haphazard operation. Unqualified staff, mold-ridden lab surfaces, and hastily made medications led to the contamination of drug vials, which were then injected into approximately 14,000 people.

What makes this outbreak even more horrifying is how the fungus attacked its human hosts. Traveling through the tough tissue around the spine and reaching the "deep brain," it targeted the control center for balance, breath, and vital motor functions. The consequences were devastating, and the race to hunt the killers and uncover the truth became a matter of life and death.

With Kill Shot, investigative journalist Jason Dearen sheds light on this tragedy, focusing on the victims, the heroes, and the perpetrators. This eye-opening book exposes the legal loopholes that allowed such a catastrophic event to occur and brings a powerful but unchecked industry out of the shadows.

Don't miss out on this gripping true crime story that shines a light on the dark underbelly of the pharmaceutical industry. Join the fight for justice and uncover the shocking truth behind America's deadliest drug contamination outbreak. Get your copy of Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Disease now!

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