Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc fka ARIA

[ajsmith]

in the second part AF has a rebuttal from a named, respected analyst

Even that was disingenuous. He quoted an analysis that had already been public - not a response at all to the "new" charge that the drug was "dirty".

Also, and more importantly, in quoting an anonymous hedgie making a medical declaration about a drug, the proper thing to do - if he were actually trying to inform readers and investors rather than just slam the drug and the stock - would be to contact and quote a leukemia doctor with experience with Iclusig to analyze the charge and give an informed *medical* opinion.

There are plenty of those guys out there, including some of the giants in the field who have been singing Iclusig's praises all along.

What he did was total crap, in cahoots, no doubt, with Flatulence, or whatever his name is, who issued the "report" and at least one very large short seller.