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Furthermore, the film moves Zymagen to Seattle—far from Cambridge’s dense biotechnology sector—which, according to those who study the industry, is key to promoting innovations that cure disease...
...film also deviates from the true story of how Myozyme was developed, portraying the fictionalized biotech company Zymagen as not being “patient-focused,” according to Genzyme’s associate director of communications, Lori M. Gorski...
...appeared in a series of Wall Street Journal articles in 2003, and later in a 2006 book called “The Cure,” by Geeta Anand. In the fall of 2003, after the publication of the newspaper articles, Crowley and his wife began receiving calls from film producers seeking to make a movie about his experiences. It took the couple the better part of a year to get comfortable enough to sell their life-rights and become accustomed to the idea of their family’s struggle being portrayed on film...
...Crowleys say their decision was ultimately influenced by their trust in Ford, the executive producer of the film who also plays a scientist collaborating with Crowley. The family worked closely with the producers at Doubletree Feature Films throughout the drafting of the screenplay to make sure that the science and family life displayed were accurate...
Crowley says that the film “captures 100 percent of the spirit and dynamic of our family” and describes the experience of being on set and seeing details from their own lives—the clothes they wore, the van they had—come alive on screen as “very surreal...