I knew that my father was going to die of heart disease, and I was trying to make a heart for him.

Leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them.

Lipitor is one of the most researched medicines. I'm glad I take Lipitor, as a doctor, and a dad.

I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician.

I knew that my father was going to die of heart disease, and I was trying to make a heart for him.

The United States has an active pharmaceutical industry that has brought huge benefits to the U.S. public. Most Americans, who benefit from these advances, have little understanding of how difficult it is to create an important new medical therapy and make it available to improve public health.

I am, in fact, a medical doctor; I am a world expert in mechanical heart technology; and I am an athletically fit man who takes care of his own health through diet and exercise, including frequent five mile runs.