Ice Lake
“It was not permitted, however, to treat the merely sick with drugs that had not come through government channels and had scarcely been tested on live rats, let alone humans.For those in the executive suite, letting kittens out of the bag by administering new therapies to the public was perceived as dangerous. Competitors could embark on similar designs, and the advantage of a head start might slip away if a rival happened to get lucky. Any spectacular result hoisted a red flag and brought atten...tion where it was not desired. Competitors had been known to buy drug cocktails from test patients to jump-start their own research. Secrecy was preferred in treating those who were not yet terminal, and secrecy was desired at all times to keep the competitive wolves at bay.For Werner Honigwachs, President and CEO of the BioLogika Corporation, covert testing provided a unique opportunityoutside the realm of science. BioLogika was a publicly traded company. Stockholders needed to be kept happy. And yet Honigwachs was not inclined to share the full bounty of his company’s potential with them.MoreLess
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