>In any event, the goats will still have a major cost advantage.<
Yes and that's what started the thread--I was trying to make the point that being the low-cost supplier of merchant protein trumps the calculus of proprietary application. No matter what the molecule is good for--and that's usually a moving target, witness viagra which is now returning to its clinical roots in the cardiosphere--we stand to benefit from its therapeutic employment.
I think the FoB propaganda war is winding down and the only aspect still in play is duration of exclusivity (maybe a bit of data access too), and that BIO is not going to enjoy the Obama administration.