relevant for prr also - in foreseeable future

I thought this very recent news below on Dendreon might be of interest to PRR shareholders since the details of this announcement could easily apply to PRR in the foreseeable future!

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Dendreon tripling workforce ahead of expected vac launch

April 1 2010 By John Carroll

Over the years Seattle-based Dendreon made a global name for itself as it developed one of the world's first therapeutic vaccines. It's also advanced the careers of scores of biotech executives who have gone on to a wide variety of other drug developers.

"Anybody who can sustain through what Dendreon has sustained--it's a good sign of who they are," Martin Simonetti, the former chief financial officer at Dendreon and now CEO of Seattle-based VLST, tells Xconomy's Luke Timmerman. ----------There were a lot of good people that made good things happen."

---- . The company tells Xconomy that its workforce, 200 a year ago, is growing to 600 this year AS IT PREPARES FOR THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED REGULATORY DECISION ON PROVENGE.

Source:http://www.fiercevaccines.com/story/dendreon-tripling-workforce-ahead-expected-vax-launch/2010-04-01