Yamasaki,

I would agree with you that Alda is probably looking at the much larger US market with 10X the population but that is no reason to abandon a population of 35 million. Most companies would welcome that opportunity, not let it fall by the wayside. I do think you are correct that they are more interested in the development of the therapeutic and surgical product lines. If they plan on selling the company they do indeed need to establish a name for themselves. Up to this point in time they have NOT demonstrated any ability in this regard and this is why we languish at these share prices. They had better spend some bucks and hire a professional marketing team or any sale or takeover will be done for a song.

the deputy