| PeterB 2005-09-26, 5:22 pm |
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Mark Probert wrote:
> PeterB wrote:
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> Either you raise a strawman, or did not read what Rich said with
> understanding.
Perhaps you can explain it to me.
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> Big deal. The money involved is miniscule in their revenue stream, with
> major pitfalls with regulation, etc. Recall last year?
You think $10 billion is miniscule? That's the level of revenue
forecast for vaccines in 2006. Merck alone is tacking on nearly $1B in
vaccine sales annually. It's a "big deal" to them.
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> 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.
Can you show a year in which Merck has lost money on vaccine?
PeterB
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