The moment I saw the email, I knew something was amiss. It was from Stephen Becker, MD- the medical director for Koronis Pharmaceuticals, a Seattle-based company developing a new HIV drug. The email was addressed to all of the members of their advisory board, which I am a community member, and implored each of us to speak with Stephen (he hates it when I call him Dr. Becker) the next day.

Emails like this are the industry equivalent of your girlfriend or boyfriend saying, ?we need to talk,?- often a sign of trouble ahead. It was.

As I wrote about here https://www.poz.com/article/project-inform-leader-hiv-hepatitis-c-advocacy-likely-close