SSPDX,

Leerink Swine was never a friend to MannKind.We are better of without them.

http://afresa.blogspot.com/search/label/Leerink

I think that you are thinking of Simos Simeonidis.They butchered his name in the transcript and I don't know where they got Leerink from because they didn't give a company name when they introduced him in the Q&A section.Simos is now with Cowen.

http://www.cowen.com/ResearchCoverage.asp?target=AnalystBio&ID=10746&IND=Health+Care&SECT=-271&SECTNAME=Biotechnology&NAME=Simos+Simeonidis

Simos used to cover MNKD for Rodman @ Renshaw and now covers it for Cowen.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/252260-mannkind-ceo-discusses-q4-2010-results-earnings-call-transcript?all=false&find=trials