Replies to post #48375 on Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc fka ARIA

[thesaud]

I agree 100 per cent berger must go to get wall street and other investors back to aria, plus to do a deal or partnership would be easier without him. We would see a 2 doller increase in pps also.

[AmpleKind]

I believe that we could have half a dozen BIC drugs and still be an $8 stock simply because HB is still at the helm.

G$, I must say I find statements like that astonishing. There's absolutely
nothing about Dr.Berger that is any different than any other smart,
agressive, ambitious founder/scientist/CEO, in any other successful
entrepreneurial biotech.

The notion that "the street" doesn't like Dr.Berger is clearly belied by
Dr.Denner investing in and joining Ariad's board. He is clearly a
creature of "the street", i.e. an investor, and he had no problems
with HB. I have yet to see one scintilla of evidence that having HB
at the helm is in any way a negative factor.

I understand that some might prefer a quick sale, and a small profit
in the near term, and that does not seem to be HB's game. I'm in
for the long haul (a couple of years at least), and I do believe that
persistence will result in substantially better returns. So, ... I have
no problem with Dr.Berger, and I assume the financing problem
will be solved in the next six months.