ARTICLES BY ROGER MILLS
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![3 Good Reasons To Never Fall In Love With A Molecule]( "3 Good Reasons To Never Fall In Love With A Molecule")
3 Good Reasons To Never Fall In Love With A Molecule6/6/2018In my 2016 book about drug development, Nesiritide,1 I used the admonishment, “Never fall in love with a molecule,” as a chapter heading. A few weeks ago, the editors of Clinical Leader asked me to expand a bit on that aphorism. That explains why I’m sitting at my desk channeling my inner Ann Landers and writing an advice column for the pharmaceutical industry. To be entirely fair, the phrase is not originally from me. In 2005, I heard it from Randall Kaye, M.D., my first boss in the industry. But it made a real impact.
Roger Mills
Roger Mills, M.D., is an academic cardiologist who recently retired from Janssen Research & Development, LLC. He has worked as a site investigator or study-responsible physician in all phases of clinical research from first-in-human trials to post-approval registries. He is now retired but remains active as a peer reviewer, consultant, and writer. His book Nesiritide: The Rise and Fall of Scios won the Foreword INDIES 2016 Bronze Winner for science. Watch for his new book, 240 Beats per Minute: Life with an Unruly Heart co-authored with Bernard Witholt, early this summer.