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Mark Probert

2005-09-26, 5:22 pm

PeterB wrote:
> Rich wrote:
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>
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> I'm glad you have a pretty good idea, however an anti-body titre isn't
> equivalent to immunization any more than reduction of a marker for
> disease is equivalent to its cure.


Either you raise a strawman, or did not read what Rich said with
understanding.

>
> See comments above on subsidy support for vaccine.


Big deal. The money involved is miniscule in their revenue stream, with
major pitfalls with regulation, etc. Recall last year?

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> Financial issues are always a primary driver in corporate decision
> making.


So? If a vaccine is hard and expensive to make and the government can
declare that the batch is contaminated, then what revenues are you
talking about? It happens.



> PeterB
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