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Post by babaoriley on Mar 15, 2014 9:37:46 GMT -5
Did any of you catch last Thursday's episode of "Elementary." I've been a Sherlock Holmes fan all my life, and enjoy the show. Anyway, last episode featured a mystery involving who killed a medical device researcher - a cancer screening/detection device that one would breathe into -somewhere in between the size of the Dreamboat and Exubera's bong -this one was called the "Hound." The story centered around a person named "Adam Peer" who we are led to believe is a blogger who shoots down various drugs/devices when he feels they were not meritorious, including when he might learn that trial results were being rigged. Somewhat different than our very own, very dear, Adam...
It was an amusing coincidence, complete with Holmes interviewing a Big Pharma exec, whose company stood to lose if the device were approved. The exec told Holmes that his innuendo as to the Big Pharma's involvement in the crime was ridiculous, that Big Pharma had a much better weapon, that is, to just buy out any such threatening company.
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Post by ezrasfund on Mar 15, 2014 10:21:10 GMT -5
Actually, this brings up a point about why the MannKind situation is different than other small biotechs developing a new drug. MannKind cannot be bought out through a hostile takeover or, apparently, through negotiations. Al Mann owns a controlling interest, and he is not selling until what he sees as Afrezza's full potential is realized.
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Post by goyocafe on Mar 15, 2014 11:25:17 GMT -5
If you can bear to watch a B- movie, check out "Antitrust". It's obvious which of the largest software companies they incriminate in the movie (without ever saying it's name). But it will creep you out to think how far a big corporation will go (or the writers would have you think they'll go)to further their bottom line and interests. Considering what we know about BP, who knows.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 14:43:35 GMT -5
Yes, I also watched and was reminded of BP and Mannkind. In the immortal last word's of "Deep Throat" from the X-Files, "Trust no one."
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Post by thekindaguyiyam on Mar 15, 2014 16:26:58 GMT -5
Did any of you catch last Thursday's episode of "Elementary." I've been a Sherlock Holmes fan all my life, and enjoy the show. Anyway, last episode featured a mystery involving who killed a medical device researcher - a cancer screening/detection device that one would breathe into -somewhere in between the size of the Dreamboat and Exubera's bong -this one was called the "Hound." The story centered around a person named " Adam Peer" who we are led to believe is a blogger who shoots down various drugs/devices when he feels they were not meritorious, including when he might learn that trial results were being rigged. Somewhat different than our very own, very dear, Adam... It was an amusing coincidence, complete with Holmes interviewing a Big Pharma exec, whose company stood to lose if the device were approved. The exec told Holmes that his innuendo as to the Big Pharma's involvement in the crime was ridiculous, that Big Pharma had a much better weapon, that is, to just buy out any such threatening company. it seems to me that there are times when life's script is written for specifically for me. I think this is one of those events for you; presumably with a whimsical facial expression of WTF? As the ancients would recognize an asteroid or eclipse as a sign; you got yours on Elementary; my dear Watson.
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