Re: Undergrad chemistry college choice

From: Joshua Halpern (vze23qvd_at_verizon.net)
Date: 01/17/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:17:47 GMT

William Penrose wrote:
> On 15 Jan 2005 15:52:06 -0800, "number6" <snumber6@aol.com> wrote:
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>>The circuit board industry downturn and movement to the Far East has
>>had an effect ... (especially for my company ...) but pharmaceutical,
>>personal product and environmental lab jobs abound ...
>
>
> 'Abound...' may be a bit strong. Not long ago, in Chicago, when Pfizer
> bought up Pharmacia (which had bought Monsanto, which had bought
> Searle), they dumped all the research staff in their Skokie facility.
> Why should one company maintain two separate research facilities?
>
> Some of the Skokie dumpees found refuge at Abbott, not far away. That
> is, until one of the two behemoths, Pfizer or Abbott, eats the other.
>
No one is building new pharm production plants in the US. They are all
moving to Puerto Rico and elsewhere

josh halpern