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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (36520)	8/25/2009 5:35:45 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 71588

Re: "How about foreign countries get the message they will have to pay a fair share? If all countries that currently pay no share of R & D paid a small portion it would flow both to company bottom lines and back to American consumers through lower costs...." Yeah I'm sure that that'll happen! <GGG>

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (36520)	8/27/2009 1:08:22 AM
From: RMF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

You mean taking "U.S." consumers out of it, right?? We're the ones that have to pay the $2 grand a pill so the drug companies can make enough to "subsidize" the pills they sell to the rest of the world at $10 bucks a pill. Well, it appears the drug companies may have to find some NEW ways to fund their R&D because the U.S. standard of living may not be sufficient over the future decades. Which means we may see an emphasis on new "sexual enhancement drugs" being produced by our fine pharmaceuticals. You can sell THOSE at a profit ANYWHERE on the planet.