NewLife Organ Replacement, Inc. – A manufacturing firm owned and operated by Roarke Enterprises.[1] They manufactured artificial replacements made from this longevity stuff discovered at the Nordick Clinic; Roarke bought out NewLife about five years before Conspiracy in Death.[2] [3]
NewLife manufactured artificial limbs as well and had some doctors on the payroll as well as consultants though it was more of an engineering sort of thing. They had an ongoing Research and Development department but the basic products were refined years before Roarke took over the company.[4]
Artificial organs – the process initially discovered by Friend and his team and redefined over the years – were cheap, efficient, and dependable. The transplant of human organs was not. The building of organs from the patient’s own tissues was more advantageous, as there was no risk of rejection, but was costly in time and money. With current medical knowledge, human donors were few and far between. For the most part, healthy organs were harvested – donated or brokered – from accident victims who could not be repaired.[5]
NewLife netted just over three billion annually.[6]
Dr. Tia Wo was an endorser of its products,[1] as was Westley Friend.[7]
References:
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 60
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), pp. 116-117
- ↑ Oddity: When Eve ran a scan on Tia Wo (p. 60), she saw that it was owned by Roarke’s company. When Roarke later told her that he bought NewLife about five years ago (p. 117), Eve stared at him and said, “Shit, Roarke… and it just had to be NewLife.” She was irritated and seemed to be surprised by his ownership of the company.
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), pp. 117-118
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 172
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 297
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death (ISBN 0-425-16813-1), p. 118