Peter Rost Makes a Fortune

Fortune magazine, that is. The Whistleblower gets written up for his activities exposing wrongdoing among Big Pharma companies.

Excerpt:

Rost’s many critics would love to be able to dismiss him as an embittered crank. But they can’t. The blog has clout. As a conduit for Big Pharma whistleblowers, it has taken some notable scalps. Earlier this spring, for example, Rost’s muckraking spurred congressional curiosity; federal investigators are now looking into AstraZeneca for Arimidex-related marketing irregularities. Another series of blog entries resulted in a government probe into Pfizer’s marketing activities. And a dispatch on dubious sales practices led to at least one sales director’s ouster.

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[PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY NIGEL DICKSON, UNBLINKING Rost, holding a sculpted lamp, believes he has a mission to shed light on pharma malfeasance.]