Chapter Three: The Scorpion

To get ahead in the generic drug industry you need to be focused, hard-nosed and fearless. Especially because half the battle is taking on one of the richest, most powerful industries in the world — Big Pharma. Barry Sherman was the perfect generic drug lord — more litigator than innovator — but did his ability to win in court, and slough off the losses, end up getting him killed? Katherine Eban’s Bottle of Lies: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42448266-bottle-of-lies Jeffery Robinson’s Prescription Games: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7224625-prescription-games Nancy Olivieri’s How John le Carré Changed my Life: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/12/22/nancy-olivieri-how-john-le-carr-changed-my-life.html John le Carré The Constant Gardener: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19000.The_Constant_Gardener Nancy and Barry on 60 Minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ancpMMJUvQ Shashank Upadhye’s website: https://ipfdalaw.com/shashank-upadhye/ For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-no-good-terribly-kind-wonderful-lives-and-tragic-deaths-of-barry-and-honey-sherman-transcripts-listen-1.6793254