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Biotech / Medical : Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (MLNM)

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To: Icebrg who wrote (1616)6/5/2003 1:25:02 PM
From: software salesperson   of 3044
 
from 1/03 conf. call notes:

13. restructuring charges? - - facilities consolidation; some research people will be leaving; other development/commercialization people will be hired ; headcount flat in 2003

so today's announcement takes the trimming many steps further (though it's hard to know the split between collaborative vs. non-collaborative research)

it's important to raise the issue of how the future pipeline will be affected which, btw, no one in the analyst community has done recently. the last guidance given (4/02) was for 5+ nmes per year after 2004.

while the number of nmes will surely drop, i believe that mlnm's research and genomics expertise will be needed more, not less, in order to figure out who will benefit as personalized medicine becomes a reality. furthermore, i believe that this expertise will be desirable to a future oncology partner.

after all, it's always struck me that, in terms of respect given to mlnm , the order has been (i) pharma , (ii) si biotech community and, lastly, (iii) the analyst community

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