Derek Lowe, an Arkansan by birth, got his BA from Hendrix College and his PhD in organic chemistry from Duke before spending time in Germany on a Humboldt Fellowship on his post-doc. He's worked for several major pharmaceutical companies since 1989 on drug discovery projects against schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, diabetes, osteoporosis and other diseases.
To contact Derek email him directly: derekb.lowe@gmail.com
Twitter: Dereklowe
He's back with three more directors nominated for the company's board. There are two Icahnians there already, and this round of proxy voting will say a lot about whether shareholders think that taking Biogen down the road that Imclone went is a good thing or not. Stay tuned. . .
1. Hap on February 1, 2010 2:47 PM writes...
I prefer to think of Icahn like a viral infection rather than as a storm - storms do something good, after all.
"Your Icahn titer is increasing. I'm sorry."
Permalink to Comment2. Rman on February 3, 2010 1:22 PM writes...
With the departure of CEO Jim Mullen and earlier Cecill Pickett things look pretty bad for small molecule at Biogenidec.
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