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Re: DewDiligence post# 69662

Monday, 12/08/2008 2:43:15 PM

Monday, December 08, 2008 2:43:15 PM

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>>He was dealt a great hand but he nevertheless found a way to screw things up.

Maybe my memory is failing. I thought that Sam Waksal pushed (working tirelessly to raise funding) the drug through when few, if any others, believed in the MOA* or utility of the drug.

If I have that right, he does not belong on the list of worst CEO's despite his illegal attempt to take advantage of the FDA setback.

JMO

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* Interfering with cells waste disposal which was thought to make the drug generally too toxic.

There are times when rules and precedents cannot be broken; others when they cannot be adhered to with safety. (Thomas Joplin)

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