<p><em>The Blockbuster Drug </em>may be just the prescription for the reader looking for a smart, suspenseful novel set against the background of some of today&rsquo;s cutting-edge medical and legal issues. Set largely inside a major health plan located in Cincinnati, this&nbsp;novel explores the&nbsp;dependent, but sometimes treacherous relationships among health plans, drug companies, physicians and patients.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;Spencer Doss, M.D., the health plan&#39;s new Regional Medical Director, stumbles onto what he believes are too many cases of a rare cancer in older patients taking the latest blockbuster drug.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;For help, he turns to Eileen Wang, the health plan&rsquo;s in-house counsel. Wang has other issues on her plate &ndash; a cyber intrusion and an insider-trading investigation &ndash; but finds herself wondering why so many seniors are taking the expensive new drug.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;Maya Naidu, the programmer whose data mining unearthed the excess cases of the cancer in patients taking the drug, returns home to Hyderabad to be at her mother&rsquo;s death bed.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;In Shanghai, the police are investigating a bribery scheme involving the drug&rsquo;s manufacturer.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;Hired to represent one of the drug&rsquo;s victims, hotshot young attorney Ryan Ponzer doesn&rsquo;t have the resources to litigate with a giant drug company.&nbsp; Should he sue the health plan for failure to warn the health plan&rsquo;s members of the blockbuster&rsquo;s deadly side effects?</p>