Reading through the huge number of emails, tele-conference transcripts and written notes from 2002, I find it hard to reconcile them with the account of this year in The Cure.
In fact, I think that the account in The Cure, in its rush to airbrush the patient community out of the picture, sells John Crowley short somewhat.
In general, I do think that John succeeded in bringing some of the Novazyme philosophy to Genzyme. In a lengthy transcript from 26 February 2002, of a teleconference between John Crowley, Jan van Heek and the IPA Board, I am struck by the new-found openness shown by Genzyme. They went into great detail about their plans - information that was in confidence and commercially sensitive. Regulatory-sensitive too. There was a lot of trust, openness and good humour. Something had changed for the better and was going right. I, for one, am happy to give John Crowley the credit for that.
The exciting news was that good progress had been made with manufacturing. By the end of 2002, supply of enzyme was no longer expected to be a bottleneck, opening the way to larger trials.
This new positive relationship (a complete change-around from the nadir of September 2001) was cemented by a visit of the IPA Board to Genzyme's HQ near Boston, in April 2002.
We were back on track.
Sunday, 17 January 2010
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Hello Kevin, thank you very much for sharing your history and point of view with all of us. I am very closer to Gaucher's Community and your history helps a lot. Regards from Spain
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