Dendreon Corp fka DNDNQ

[nerdseeksblonde]

<sarcasm>wow,
I would have thought Gold would be soliciting criticism,
second guessing himself, thinking he could be doing
more to find out how provenge cured Mr. Garcia,
planning a more dedicated effort to understand
provenge so that there wouldn't be any issues as they
translate it to neuvenge etc.

I'm surprised...
</sarcasm>
I hate to beat this to death but this is an important
point- the data is arguable and the only thing that would
help it win the acceptance of responsible critics is
supporting science. This was true before, and is true
today and is still not understood or appreciated by many at DNDN. It isn't
just a political affront to try to advertize an testiminialize and politicize provenge, it is
a disservice to patients who would benefit more from
accurate science than trying to spin questionable and confusing data.

I'm not advocating "Science for science's sake" or
"managment is the only one responsible" characature positions. Rather, if you look at the simple business issues related to "what would a potential customer think" in terms of "honest" considerations ( what does the product do as opposed to how many free trips can you give to the Medicare admin folks), supporting science was a feasible way to demonstrate and qualify the product value.