Bad blood a cautionary tale

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Title:

Bad blood a cautionary tale

ISBN:

9781608834839

Publication Information:

[United States] : Necessary Films : PBS Distribution, c2010.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Special features: director's interview ; deleted scene ; trailer.

Subject Term:

Hemophilia -- United States -- History.

Blood -- Transfusion -- Government policy -- United States.

Blood products -- Government policy -- United States.

Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices.

Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Genre:

Documentary films

Added Author:

Bernard, Sheila Curran

Ness, Marilyn.

Summary:

This documentary chronicles how a treatment for hemophilia was contaminated with deadly viruses and how pharmaceutical companies and government regulators handled the crisis.

System Details:

DVD; NTSC, REGION 1, 16:9, WIDESCREEN.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)	DVD 616.1572 BAD	Searching... Unknown

BAD BLOOD chronicles how a "miracle" treatment for hemophilia became an agent of death for 10,000 Americans. Faced with evidence that pharmaceutical companies and government regulators knew the product was contaminated with deadly viruses, the hemophilia community launched a powerful and inspiring fight to right the system that failed them and to make it safer for all.

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