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Biotech / Medical : Monsanto Co.
MTC 3.190+1.9%3:59 PM EST

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To: Dan Spillane who wrote (1193)2/16/1999 6:56:00 PM
From: valg  Read Replies (1) of 2539
 
"this company is far too complex and controversial to be a reliable
investment"

I love it when people say things like this. Translation: "fear of innovation"

How many people understood Microsoft's biz ten years ago?
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think about the combination of MERGING the two technologies(farming and pharma)...we're talking about genetically altering common crops to produce pharmaceuticals/neutraceuticals CHEAPLY.....it's right around the corner and i think monsanto has the edge .... huge profits on the ag and the pharma side...interesting potential even on lapsed-patent drugs with the resultant new margin world it will create

the opposition from the "worried well" in europe will dissipate once the technology delivers something for the CONSUMER instead of something for the farmer
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