Extraordinary Measures

00:34:18,848 --> 00:34:22,809 I can also promise you a working enzyme for Pompe disease. 419 00:34:23,561 --> 00:34:27,481 I can't cure your kids, you know that. They're always gonna be in wheelchairs, 420 00:34:28,816 --> 00:34:31,485 but I think I can save their lives. 421 00:34:36,449 --> 00:34:38,325 Outstanding cobbler. 422 00:34:41,037 --> 00:34:45,749 Okay, okay. So, we agree we can't uproot the kids. 423 00:34:46,542 --> 00:34:48,710 What if Stonehill fails? 424 00:34:52,215 --> 00:34:56,134 Or what if he succeeds too late to help Megs and Patrick? 425 00:34:56,219 --> 00:34:58,595 - Then what? - I know. 426 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:04,392 If we're gonna lose them young, you want to spend every minute you can with them. 427 00:35:11,567 --> 00:35:15,278 John, that day that you flew to Nebraska, 428 00:35:15,363 --> 00:35:18,949 when you suddenly just ditched work and... 429 00:35:21,369 --> 00:35:24,913 My God, I thought you'd lost it. You scared me. 430 00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:28,291 But once we rolled our sleeves up, 431 00:35:28,376 --> 00:35:32,671 and we started fundraising and meeting other Pompe families, 432 00:35:35,424 --> 00:35:37,425 it made me feel like... 433 00:35:37,844 --> 00:35:40,095 I mean, do we just accept our fate 434 00:35:40,179 --> 00:35:43,807 and do what we're told by all the well-meaning doctors 435 00:35:45,059 --> 00:35:48,937 and wait for the worst to happen, or do we fight it? 436 00:35:51,649 --> 00:35:55,443 <i>I think you're making a mistake. I really do.</i> 437 00:35:56,028 --> 00:36:00,157 Even if you were credible as a CEO, which you are not, 438 00:36:01,492 --> 00:36:06,413 the odds against you are crushing. Nine out of 10 biotechs crash and burn. 439 00:36:06,497 --> 00:36:10,750 So where does that leave your kids when their dad is flat broke 440 00:36:11,377 --> 00:36:14,921 with no job and no health insurance? 441 00:36:15,214 --> 00:36:16,298 Now, if you stay at Bristol, 442 00:36:16,382 --> 00:36:20,635 the guys upstairs are ready to put you in the VP slot at the end of the third quarter 443 00:36:20,720 --> 00:36:22,929 with a 40% salary bump. 444 00:36:23,723 --> 00:36:24,931 John. 445 00:36:26,767 --> 00:36:29,561 Your family's gonna need that money, aren't they? 446 00:36:29,645 --> 00:36:32,439 Pete, you're right. This is crazy. 447 00:36:33,774 --> 00:36:35,692 I'm chasing the wind. 448 00:36:36,944 --> 00:36:38,945 But I can't just 449 00:36:40,948 --> 00:36:44,117 sit around and wait for my kids to die. 450 00:36:45,953 --> 00:36:47,621 I can't do it. 451 00:37:10,144 --> 00:37:13,146 <i>You have arrived at your destination.</i> 452 00:37:27,995 --> 00:37:30,205 Come on in. It's open. 453 00:37:30,831 --> 00:37:32,499 - Hey, there, Bob. - Hey, John. 454 00:37:32,583 --> 00:37:33,625 How are you? 455 00:37:33,709 --> 00:37:36,002 - You have trouble finding me? - No problem. 456 00:37:36,087 --> 00:37:37,879 - Sit down. - Thanks. 457 00:37:44,679 --> 00:37:47,597 Ex-wife. She loved cats. 458 00:37:51,352 --> 00:37:54,062 Well, say, what do we... 459 00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:59,651 What are we gonna do? How about we work up a strategy 460 00:37:59,735 --> 00:38:02,570 for the meeting at Renzler next week? 461 00:38:05,241 --> 00:38:07,701 We don't need to show those guys anything. 462 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:09,536 The meeting's a formality. 463 00:38:09,620 --> 00:38:12,205 George Renzler and I have known each other since med school. 464 00:38:12,290 --> 00:38:17,127 He's been telling me for years that he'd give me the seed money 465 00:38:17,211 --> 00:38:20,672 if I ever decide to make the big move and set up my own shop. 466 00:38:20,756 --> 00:38:23,341 Well, that's good. That's good, but, still, all the same, you know, 467 00:38:23,426 --> 00:38:26,011 if we're gonna go in to pitch 'em, we should have something tangible. 468 00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:30,265 Those guys understand me. They're real scientists. 469 00:38:31,142 --> 00:38:34,519 They're not like a lot of these big biotech moneymen. 470 00:38:34,603 --> 00:38:38,481 Okay. All right, tell you what, how about if we just talk it through, 471 00:38:38,566 --> 00:38:41,359 and then that way we can just sketch up something rough on paper? 472 00:38:41,444 --> 00:38:44,779 You give it to me, I'll make up a business plan. 473 00:38:51,787 --> 00:38:56,499 We need to rough out a real strategy. These guys are venture capitalists. 474 00:38:56,584 --> 00:38:58,793 That rough enough for you? 475 00:39:00,629 --> 00:39:03,882 Bob? Look, Renzler's crucial to us. Without them onboard, we got zero credibility 476 00:39:03,966 --> 00:39:05,884 - with any of our investors. - That's why you're here, Jersey! 477 00:39:05,968 --> 00:39:08,261 Whip up some business bullshit by tomorrow. 478 00:39:08,34