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ghmm

11/14/11 5:31 PM

#131051 RE: Double_Bagel #131044

Sorry for not being clear. I replied to Peter's post. Basically I think there is probably some value in the company around $30 but I am a long term investor and have trouble with the culture.

The book is slow and IMO goes on too much about the transplant drug. I did like getting a sense for how things go at Biotechs which can probably be summed up as chaos pursing money and drugs.
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biomaven0

11/14/11 5:43 PM

#131052 RE: Double_Bagel #131044

The book seems to be higky rated on Amazon.



I read the book a long time ago, sometime in the 90's. I enjoyed it then, but I would think it must be kind of dated by now. As best I recall it, it tried to describe the process of rational drug discovery based on working backwards from the structure of the target. That was a relatively novel idea at the time, but is much more common now.

If you are interested in popular books on drug development, I think the book about Gleevec is a better read:

http://www.amazon.com/Magic-Cancer-Bullet-Rewrite-Medical/dp/0060010304/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321310504&sr=8-1

Peter