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To: Andrew H who wrote (15081)2/14/1998 4:57:00 PM
From: tonyt  Read Replies (5) | Respond to of 32384
 
"It always amazes me that people can get excited about rat data since it is not really predictive of how a drug will work in humans," said analyst Charles Engelberg.



To: Andrew H who wrote (15081)2/14/1998 5:26:00 PM
From: Henry Niman  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 32384
 
Andy, I never ceases to amaze me how a poster, who is always looking for something negative to say about a company, but really has never said anything about a company's science or technology (open up his mouth to remove all doubt) can first bold comments
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from an analysts who few have ever head of, and then when that point is made, repost the same quote, leaving off the firm's name to try to give the quote a bit more substance.

<<"It always amazes me that people can get excited about rat
data since it is not really predictive of how a drug will work
in humans," said Americal Securities analyst Charles Engelberg.>>

I realize that not too many know who Americal Securities is, so when quoting, couldn't the poster at least give the firm a plug. I think that they could use the exposure.

So far it's LGND 4 (Bear Stearns, Robertson Stephens, Lehman Brothers, and Hambrecht & Quits), RATS 1 (Americal Securities).



To: Andrew H who wrote (15081)2/14/1998 5:34:00 PM
From: squetch  Respond to of 32384
 
Rats, it is rats. I was more caught up in the Lehman miscue about the numbers. They also got mice incorrect. Sorry if I confused anyone.



To: Andrew H who wrote (15081)2/14/1998 5:43:00 PM
From: Henry Niman  Respond to of 32384
 
Sorry, I had trouble finding 'Crazy Googenheim' and didn't get a chance to edit my earlier post on Americal to include this astute observation:

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