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ABD - Bob Sala, Bob Burd, Andy Trevers, Butch Bagwell
NAM - Gary Slade, Walter Schmid, Joey O, DIck Stone, Dell Nordstrom, Dick Stone, Bob. Flannelly, Lois Gobson, Bill Miggins
Reps - Gary Fernandez, Byrona Early, Karen ?, Sherrie?, Kyle Armstrong, Jerry ?, Dick Runtz, Mike Miller, Kim Lease, Bob Donfield, Larry ?, Kathryn Furie, BJ Ferguson, Christina Carroll, Joe Fernandez, Joe Liguori, Raub Beitel; I am sure I have left some out.

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"Larry ?" Come on!

It's BRIODY, say it fast three times - BRY O DEE, BRY O DEE, BRY O DEE

By the way - Did Bwana Bill manage to stay out of jail all these years?

 

whoever your are, and I think I know, you have a good memory. Satter is selling Lexus in northern CA

 

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whoever your are, and I think I know, you have a good memory. Satter is selling Lexus in northern CA

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Gooch!

 

Is the plural Lexus, "Lexii"?

 

Or Lexuses. Or cars

 

Several of the old ALZA folks have started up a privately held company called Jazz Pharmaceuticals. I think Sam Sachs, Bob Myers and Carol Gamble are there. I wonder how they will do?

 

Jazz just purchased Orphan Pharma.

 

Sala was my mentor. Brought me in from knowing nothing to understanding pharma, people and how to make $$$$. He LISTENED unless you were lazy and then he crucified you. I never had a boss that I wanted to work for as much as him.

 

Nice post Bobby S. !!!

 

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See, some of you are remembering the ALZA post Vivus and Baker Norton. A previous post listed the ORIGINAL ALZA - No george in Portland. That was Sala's realm.

Believe me, the early days were the times worth mentioning. Once the other companies were acquired, life changed and good people left.

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Totally right on that. That was a REALLY fun time. The money was OK, but the fun was the whole atmosphere of comraderie. You really did feel that "we were all in it together." The people running it were very cool, from Butler on down. Everyone else says that, but at ALZA at the beginning it was true. Somewhere out there, there must be a couple of the originals plotting creation of a new company or sales force! If so, PLEASE POST HERE!!!

 

Alza didn't have a "bitch board" a.k.a. Cafe Pharma board until OMP destroyed the company.
I miss those days.

 

Does Isa still keep the list updated?

 

I wrote to her,a few months back,asking for an updated roster. She never replied.

 

Alas, it has been 10 years - yes 10 years since ALZA started - toward te end of '93 and the beginning of '94. Hard to imagine any new company matchng those early days. I tell stories about Testoderm - the hair dryers and all. Telling docs to ave patients shave their scrotum! People can't believe what we did. But it was fun.

 

Whatever happened to Terry Brown in South Carolina. Heard he was with Abbott now......

 

Joe Fernandez is my current DM with a pharma company called Altana. He is wonderful and has many great stories about the Alza days...He has nothing but good things to say about the place and the people. He has great attributes as a manager that were probably ingrained due to his days at Alza...

 

Joe F. learned from the best - Joe L. and Bobby F.

ALZA was awesome.

 

Was SS in Omaha as much of a loser with Alza as he is today? Totally useless and double dipping.

 

I heard Eldon and Mike M. were at Genetech. Anybody else hear that?

 

Yes, you are correct on Eldon and Mike M.