I'm not sure whether there's anything we can do within the context of our drug regulatory processes that could change the basic ratio that we're seeing today. The key distinguishing factor or feature between us and these other countries you point to that have lower prices for more R and D is that they have a homegrown industry there. Companies tend to focus their R and D efforts around their international headquarters, and we don't have a homegrown.... We have a homegrown vaccine research facility that now has been purchased by Sanofi, and it's an incredible facility. We have Glaxo for vaccines in Quebec, and Medicago, which is a world-class pioneering vaccine facility.
In the late sixties and early seventies, the government introduced a number of policies that gave rise to a very robust and vibrant generic industry, with Canadian companies that were true powerhouses internationally, but in the late eighties I guess they decided to tie the wagon to a different horse, or bet on a different pony, or however you wish to describe it.
I will say that, in fairness, there's one thing we could do, and that is to harmonize or align our processes so that it's much easier to go from regulatory approval to actual reimbursement and sale. In Canada, it's like a relay race because of overlapping and competing jurisdictional roles, and that's really why I think a lot of people are advocating for a Canadian drug agency that would sort of collapse all these functions into one.