| Mark Probert 2005-09-26, 5:22 pm |
| PeterB wrote:
> Mark Probert wrote:
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> Perhaps you can explain it to me.
Lessee...Rich said that an anti-body titre is an excellent marker for
immunity and you said that an anti-body titre is not the equivalent to
immunization. Rich never claimed that it was. It is a *marker* showing
the response to the vaccination. It does measure immunity but in itslef
it is not an immunization.
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> You think $10 billion is miniscule?
In absolute numbers, no. Relatively speaking, it is, when you compare it
to the overall monies involved.
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.
How much are they taking in overall? How much do they have to spend to
take in that much? Is it a profitable margin? And, of course, you are
using sales, not profits. That may change the entire outlook.
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> Can you show a year in which Merck has lost money on vaccine?
Can you show the profit margin on vaccines as compared to a drug like
viagra?
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