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To: Dr. Voodoo who wrote (494931)	11/18/2003 3:02:01 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

your bias really shows through wrt your posts on this matter. The fact is that the US drug companies do not want open markets because they are afraid of precisely what you say cannot happen "india flooding market with cheap drugs". The indian staff I work with would prefer to work in the US on visas also, but they cannot, therefore they are home working in india. The fact that these folks want to be here has nothing to do with the fact that they are productive over there. And it has in no way stifled the rise of the Indian IT industry. BTW the SV VC firms are funding india biotech now so I doubt very seriously these firms "won't be able to afford equipment"

To: Dr. Voodoo who wrote (494931)	11/18/2003 3:09:02 PM
From: laura_bush	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Dr. Voodoo: I'm sorry to have upset you by asking questions about a subject which you obviously know much about. The issue of outsourcing seems to be critical here within the bigger subject of who's paying for US companies to research new medicine. I see no reason why your Indian headquarters (is your company organized like PFE?) cannot find YOU replaceable at one-fifth your gross salary. Brains are brains, after all. No matter where they are "located." -g- lb