Michael J. Fox wants more
The crowd for the luncheon speaker today proved too big for the Convention Center -- I was in line for the overflow room to hear Michael J. Fox speak and was just three people away from being let in when security stopped us, saying the overflow room was full, too. I limped away, hungry, but Ed Silverman at pharmalot covers the speech on his blog: Fox said, in part, that companies are "more interested in repackaging old ideas for profit" than chasing innovative, riskier drugs, and he added that "Levodopa is the gold-standard treatment for Parkinson's...But it's a little frustrating that the best drug we've got is one that's been around for 40 years. 40 years!"
There's more BIO coverage on pharmalot.com. The blog also is linked to our site along the left-hand side under recommended links.
