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The Poison Line
- Life and Death in the Infected Blood Scandal
- Narrated by: Cara McGoogan
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
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The full and shocking account of one of the biggest medical disasters in history – and the lengths that big pharma, the NHS and governments worldwide took to cover it up
Factor VIII was billed as a medical miracle when it was put on the market in the late 1960s: a revolutionary treatment that meant people with haemophilia no longer feared a bleed might prove fatal.
But as the cure was rolled out, haemophiliacs began to contract hepatitis and AIDS in terrifying numbers. Rumours circulated in the press; a climate of fear took hold. How safe was Factor VIII?
As medical bodies and governments repeatedly tried to silence whistle-blowers and discredit the evidence, it became abundantly clear that the ‘miracle’ treatment was infected. Before long, Factor VIII was killing the very people it promised to protect.
Award-winning investigative journalist Cara McGoogan follows the survivors-turned-campaigners, the small-town lawyers and the fearless journalists who took on some of the world’s most powerful interests to uncover what really happened in the infected blood scandal.
BASED ON THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING BED OF LIES PODCAST
Critic reviews
"An important and mostly unknown story of pharmaceutical malfeasance and greed with devastating and lethal consequences." (Gerald Posner, author of Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America)
"Essential reading." (Jonathan Freedland, author of The Escape Artist)
"Cara McGoogan is an indefatigable detective and a born storyteller." (Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars)
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- fred palmer
- 19-11-23
The truth comes out in the end.
How the facts of this tragedy had been covered up by the government for so long is disgusting.
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- Steve Bunyan
- 07-11-23
A very enlightening book
An informative, helpful and sometimes, downright shocking account of the infected blood scandal. A "must read" for Haemophiliacs everywhere.
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- Peter Wright
- 04-11-23
Great book. Excellent perspective.
McGoogan offers a clear yet compassionate perspective on the CBS. I especially appreciated the opportunity to visit America and the pharmaceutical industry as well as the hospitals around the world who were administering Factor 8. My family has been deeply wounded by the CBS and it was very helpful (and sometimes therapeutic) to read such a clear book on the topic. I also appreciate when this book has been released and hope that it generates the buzz it deserves.
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- mr john peter murphy
- 19-11-23
Devastating account of hubris, abuse of power and human suffering
A story that everyone needs to know, not just because of the avoidable suffering and pain but as a warning from history given the current perilous state of the NHS and absence of moral character amongst our politicians and media.
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