Overheard at JP Morgan

Every January, thousands of health care investors and bankers and providers, oh my, flock to Union Square in San Francisco for Healthcarepalooza, otherwise known as the JP Morgan Health Care Conference.  While some come bearing a golden ticket to attend the actual meeting, the overwhelming number of “attendees” are party crashers that occupy (in the literal sense) every area coffee shop, hotel lobby, restaurant, and bar to pitch, network, and schmooze the health care glitterati (and make the event what it has become today).

Here, then, are some of what we overheard at JPM.  Note that the quotes are paraphrased and attribution has been left out to protect the innocent.