The position, frankly, never matured to what I expected it to be.

Enlightenment begins with disillusionment, is fueled by the perceived benefit of change and is made permanent by the creation and protection of a new order in place of the old.

The pay was fine, but I was not able to work out a relocation and compensation package that met our needs at the time.

I think we've been one of the real innovative states. It doesn't mean we don't argue and fight – we do because we're human. But what will sustain the state of Washington is that we have an awful lot of dedicated emergency managers who have worked together for years.

Bringing our companies together accelerates both companies' strategic plans and creates a biotechnology leader with the products, pipeline, infrastructure and financial resources to grow faster and create sustainable shareholder value beyond what either company could achieve separately,

We have a 50 percent penetrated market in the U.S. So there's plenty of growth ahead in the MS market.