Using scientific skills towards building pipelines of promising products does not guarantee a happy ending for a small biotech firm. Pipelines’ breakthroughs need managements’ capabilities and swiftness of actions, which would walk them through the safest and fastest road towards approvals.  We believe Theravance (THRX) has benefited from both its scientists and management. The firm has come nearer than ever to reaching a happy beginning of substantial growth, or perhaps, a happy ending through acquisition, probably, by its partner GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).  More...